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Originally Posted by Asiablue
She's a counsellor/psychotherapist. I don't really understand why she can't help me any further, i think she's concerned that i need more support and expertise that she is trained for. She's mentioned before about a psychologist but i can't afford one. She has said i can stay with her until i find something else and even after but she just wants to make sure i have the right support. I think she's prob right, i need something more like psychodynamic or something, something more directive maybe. I don't know.
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If you will be leaving her (it sounds like maybe there is a chance you won't?), can you get more information from her on what she thinks would help you in therapy? She said maybe a psychologist, but can she say what a PhD practitioner could provide you that you need and that she can't? This will really help you in your search for another therapist, if it turns out you need to do that. Also, there are plenty of non-psychologist therapists that can provide psychodynamic therapy or who can be directive in therapy, so it seems that would not be why she thinks you may need a psychologist. Maybe it is a specific area, like trauma work, and she is not trained in that? Or you have a particular diagnosis, e.g. DID, OCD, ADHD, etc., that she has little experience with. It would be good to know why she says what she did! Also, many psychodynamic therapists are not at all directive, so these two things might be hard to find in the same person. What kind of therapy do you do with your counselor/psychotherapist? Do you feel a disconnect with what she has said, i.e. you feel she is helping you but she feels she cannot? Can you talk about this with her? I'm sorry you're having this upheaval right now.

I hope you can get clarity with your T and maybe work it out, if she thinks she can help, or have a meaningful ending if it comes to that.