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Originally Posted by Lillylillie
I'm going through a transition period right now where I also have multiple T's but that's because T1 said he felt like he wasn't helping me and I would benefit more from a different type of therapy that he wasn't trained in.
For complicated reasons I didn't believe that I needed that specific type of therapy; I thought I was just being dumped so I found another regular T (T2) and I talked to him about T1 a lot. Well, dammit T2 also recommended the other kind of therapy (called DBT) so now I have finally started with the DBT therapists of which there is one individual T and one group T.
So technically I had 4 T's and yes I talked about T1 with ALL OF THEM because he was a major issue in my life. I have a lot of stuff resolve about that relationship. T2 said the same thing Perna said: there is such a thing as too many therapists. Now T2 is out of the picture and T1 is in the background and I'm working primarily with the DBT therapists.
In answer to your question I think it's fine to talk about your other T's if it's an issue for you. They're all professionals. If you're hurt or angry by something one did, you should tell that one and work it out with them but if you can't when you tell the other one, they can usually help you interpret the events in a different way and I bet they will also tell you you need to talk it out with the one you're hurt/angered by.
Do your T's all know about each other and they're okay with you working with different ones? Was it your idea or theirs that you have multiple T's?
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I don't actually have any t's now
I stopped going to the last one (t8) due to his encouragement to quit or take a break. He did say I could go back but for the most part I feel too much like he doesn't think the stuff I talk about is worth talking about. So I'm thinking about asking a previous t (t9) for an appointment. The two of them know each other. The first thing I think of wanting to talk about with t9 is t8 but I don't know if it's appropriate, and I could think of other ways to focus what I want to talk about. Based on all your replies, I think maybe I'll try to avoid talking about one with the other much. I think it's possible, though it doesn't seem likely atm, that I'd go back to t8 sometime in the future. (BTW, the numbers 8 and 9 are random.)
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Originally Posted by stopdog
I have two. They do not know about each other. It does not seem to be a problem. I have not had any urges to discuss either of them with the other.
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I thought one of them explained the other one to you?