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Old Jul 19, 2014, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by elliemay View Post
well, your response does kinda change things a bit.

Bottom line - and I want to be clear here, I'm not minimizing your pain or what you went through. He acted quite badly with you if he terminated you without referrals -

However, try to keep in mind that this is just a therapist. Yes they are big to us, but they are just therapist. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they aren't.

At the end of the day our progress and healing is what is most important. No a therapist shouldn't get in the way of that healing, but sometimes they do.

Look to the strength in yourself, rise above this, and continue on. Life is full of losers, and it's full of really good people.

This guy is an idiot. Take a picture of him and put it in your shoe. Walk on him every day.

It's just not worth a second thought.
I know that you are trying to be helpful, but research on the TELL website says that the trauma that when clients under go when abandon by a therapist, is second only to the trauma of being abandon by a parent.

What happened to Coconut is very serious. T's whenever possible should make an effort to have a closure session with a client, and are obligate to give the client a minimum of three referrals. T's who abandon their clients can be sanctioned and lose their license.

Coconut you need to find another T who you can process what happened. This kind of abandonment can be very damaging, and you deserve to heal from what happened.
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