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Old Jun 23, 2015, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by HD7970GHZ View Post
Misskeena,

I wish I could explain the whole story. Here is a short version with a lot of it left out...

I was upset with my first DBT therapist and left some very rude voicemails. The next session she abandoned me without warning and I threatened to kill myself.
I'm not able to read all of this (I'm sorry, I'm in the middle of an assignment at the moment, just taking a break). I did skim it a bit, and I know that what I am going to say may be kinda frustrating:

If a client leaves rude voicemails to a therapist, I don't feel that it is abandonment for that therapist to terminate the relationship. Therapy is kind of a contract. The therapist builds a rapport and trust with the client, provides a service and will not abuse that trust and, in turn, the client will build a rapport and trust with the therapist, accept the services, be open with the therapist, and not abuse that trust either. As people struggling with BPD, it is really easy for us to ride the emotional roller coaster. Therapists know this going in, and this is what they do. At the same time, they are human and have limits.

I believe I actually signed a contract at my last counseling office stating that, if I breached certain behavioral parameters, they had a right to terminate their relationship with me as a patient. I believe I signed that contract with each office I've been to. And I did breach those parameters at two of the offices and, boom, I was terminated. And after the second one, I didn't do it again.

I'm really sorry that this happened to you, and that reading your file was so triggering. It sounds like there are a lot of things that were frustrating about the experience that were out of your control, but I'm wondering what positive things you could do in the future (since we can't change other's behavior...)