Perhaps itīs a bit difference between countries because here noone but a psychologist or a psychiatrist sets diagnoses. Of course a therapist (here that person has less education than a psychologist) may see traits in a person thatīs similar to this or that diagnosis but he or she canīt really tell as he or she isnīt trained to diagnose.
And I get back to the fact that noone else ever mentioned this, she has not even given me a chance to me more open to her. I know, as she told me, that I tend to intellectualize and my former T said so as well but after some sessions she saw I was more relaxed and more emotionally present.
I feel really bad about this, not because I think one should feel ashamed or anything, but because this feels as a pounce and I donīt understand her way of acting.
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Originally Posted by Perna
Diagnosis is what therapists/doctors do; they have to have some idea of what they might be treating you for so they can decide if they can help you. As phaset says, if they have no background in what they suspect you may have, they want you to see someone who may be better able to help. That all has to happen in the first few sessions. I would go see her again and talk about this with her, make sure you do/do not want to work with her and/or go see a psychiatrist or whomever she is suggesting to get a second opinion.
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