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Old Apr 07, 2015, 09:26 PM
guilloche guilloche is offline
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Good luck, SingDanceRunLife... and good for you for taking care of yourself. This kind of stuff is so not easy to handle!

My advice:

First, if you know (for sure) that you just want to see a pdoc, and not a therapist... you might want to keep looking for a pdoc that's not going to make you jump through that hoop. It sounds like the place you're going is going to expect you to make regular appointments with the therapist, unless I'm misunderstanding? I can understand why you wouldn't want to do that, therapy is hard and destabilizing (for me), and you might not want to take that on right now.

2. When you go to see the therapist, you absolutely have the right to not discuss anything you don't want to. You can always say, "I'm not really comfortable discussing that at this point." Some won't like that, some may be pushy (a good sign that they may not be the best T for you) - but it's your life, your story, your health, and your heart on the line. Part of being healthy is having good boundaries, and this is one way to practice that.

I just say that because honestly, nobody should feel "forced" to talk about anything they don't want to, and I've seen some really pushy Ts in the past. Personally, I don't find it helpful - it's not good for building a relationship,and I don't think it's good to push a new client (who you don't know yet) past what they're comfortable disclosing.

BTW same goes for intake paperwork. You can leave stuff blank! I do!

Good luck!