I donīt think it can be considered a proper referral just to hear that you should attend psychoanalysis instead. Especially as I didnīt get a good explanation why and I didnīt get any names on specific psychoanalysists. DBT was never discussed and I donīt know how the BDP speculations came into this post.
It was never presented as an "offer for a termination session", sheīd already shown her attitude which brought me into a very unsure and let down state of mind.
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Originally Posted by hellboy
Sure, but the therapist explained she no longer felt this course of treatment to be appropriate, and offered a termination session and a referral recommendation. She recommended long-term psychodynamic therapy, and I wondered if DBT might also have been discussed but not mentioned here. She has met her professional and ethical obligations as a therapist. She even still leaves open the option of a termination session for the client.
My impression is that the client is refusing that session. Now there may be therapists who will do more than this, but this one behaved fairly and ethically and it is wrong to put this person down, especially when many details about this situation remain vague.
Hellboy
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