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Originally Posted by PaulaS
I was terminated after more than three months in therapy after questioning some things said in therapy. I was myself clear about me wanting to continue in therapy and that I wanted to discuss the issues.
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How is it possible for a T not to see that a treatment isnīt suitable earlier on, not just because the client brings some issues up?
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She didnīt say much actually, just that I wasnīt suitable for the therapy all of a sudden and that it was good that this issue was risen now and not later.
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My T gave me a vague explanation and told me that I would be better off in another kind of therapy...
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Hi (((PaulaS)))...
Sudden termination absolutely sucks, and Ts seem to handle it SO badly. I've been through that with a couple Ts. One that I saw for a year, who sent me for a consultation and when I got diagnosed, told me that he didn't have experience with that issue, so couldn't see me anymore. Ouch.
From what you've said though... (see the quotes above)... it almost sounds like maybe something similar happened with you, and the T just did an AWFUL job of communicating it to you?
You mentioned a couple times that she thinks that the type of therapy she does isn't helpful to you. Do you know what type of therapy she does, if it has a special name? Some therapies, I *think* are actually not recommended for some patients - because they can make your issues worse (or, sometimes they just aren't seen as being effective for some problems).
If she thought that her type of therapy might not be helpful for you, or that it would make you worse (and assuming that is the only type of therapy she knows how to do) - she'd have to terminate. She's not ethically allowed to keep taking your money if she doesn't feel competent to help you with your issues.
It still absolutely sucks, either way. And not understanding why it happened sucks. And, well let's be honest, therapy just sucks anyway
- so I don't know if this is at all helpful.
I think the best thing is trying to find a new T, and starting to untangle some of this. As others said, it might help if you give permission to new T to talk to old T, to at least get some answers and closure...
Good luck, and I am very sorry you're having to deal with this!
(((PaulaS)))