Thread: Two Therapists?
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Old Nov 28, 2006, 11:37 AM
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I think it is unusual but I'm seeing two therapists as well.

One is a councellor. I've found it hard to click with her. But in time... Maybe after 5 months or so... We have just started to get along a lot better. I think it is that I've come to trust her more so I've been able to disclose more and she understands more about what kind of response is theraputic to me.

Another is a psychiatrist. I've just started with him recently. I guess that is more specifically focused on dissociation. He has some experience with dissociative disorders whereas the other one has experience treating trauma and borderline personality (which are related disorders) but not dissociation in particular.

I'm a bit bad though because they don't know about each other...

I'll make a decision early next year.

The councellor has been away and isn't coming back until next year at any rate so I haven't been seeing them at the same time.

Anyway, enough about me (aargh!). Yes, I think that sometimes it can be useful to see more than one t especially when different t's have different areas of expertise. I know that some people see an individual t and a marriage therapy t, for instance. Or an individual t for general purposes (didn't know what to call that lol) and then a more specific t for sex therapy or an eating disorder or something like that.

It could work well.