I'm in the midst of changing from one VA hospital to another. I gave permission to the former therapist to release my records to the new Program Director of a DBT program. The Program Director did not call today as she said she would, so I called.

A thirty minute discussion ensued in which the Program Director asked me questions, then cut me off repeatedly before I could barely start answering. She was not asking yes or no questions, but rather how certain events transpired. The most disturbing comment she made was stating my former therapist's notes indicate I refuse to discuss a former suicide attempt with doctors. This is not true. We never had a discusison about anything like that. And that incident occurred before I met the former therapist, so I don't know why she would put that in my notes.

The new Program Director said it doesn't matter and I must first repair my therapist/patient relationship with the former therapist before she would continue interviewing me. When she had cut me off multiple times, I finally asked if she was asking me rhetorical questions, or should I actually answer. She said I should get used to being cut off in discussion because it will happen in group therapy and she would decide when she had enough of an answer, that is not up to me.

When you know you are being judged by incorrect information noted in medical records, what do you do? Nearly everything this Program Director said seemed aimed at excluding me from her program and I need this.

Additionally, this Program Director initially said her program was designed exactly for people like me. It was not until she spoke with my former therapist that her attitude toward me changed so drastically and suddenly I don't seem to fit criteria for her program.

Has anyone else had this experience? Any ideas how to remedy the influence on a new therapist by a former therapist?