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Originally Posted by Yearning0723
I think she's right, and I've thought for awhile now that I really like her as person, but I haven't been getting even a little bit better in over a year of therapy and sometimes I have considered that a more experienced therapist might be better suited to my needs. And most of all, I think a T saying that she doesn't have confidence in her own ability to meet my needs is a deal breaker for me, because how can I have confidence in her if she doesn't have confidence in herself?
But I'm sad. I've lost way too many people lately, and she was the last person in my life I thought I could trust, and starting over just seems so overwhelming. I thought about taking a break from.............
How upsetting. Can u use her as a check-in T until u find another? Can she recommend a T? She seems to know what u need perhaps she can give u a couple names of Ts who have the skills. That way all u would have to decide is which one u can best work with. I had a T do that when she had to close her practice. I gave them permission to talk together so new T could have a heads up. It wasn't like a cold call when I first went in. He knew some of my history. She seems to really want you to get better. A question for new T: how many clients w my dx have u worked with? Hoping u can make a fast, smooth transition.
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I've already emailed some Ts and have two consults lined up...but now I'm not so sure...I just saw pdoc (who incidentally gave me more sleeping pills, thought I was mad at him because the other sleeping pills hadn't worked, which I wasn't, and told me how sad it made him when his patients overdosed on pills he had just prescribed). Pdoc thinks T and I have a really good relationship and that this is something we can work through. He said he would talk to her about it. I think I want to work through this if we can instead of switching Ts, but I don't know if that's because I know staying with this T is the right thing to do or if I just don't want to lose her like I've lost everyone else...maybe I will do the consults and see if I really click with anyone and then decide? When I stopped seeing my previous T, I felt really good about current T during the consult...I just don't know now. Pdoc seems really confident in my ability to work things out with T...but how can I work with someone who isn't confident they can work well with me?