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Originally Posted by hopealwayz
I sent him a text about it earlier. I told him that I felt violated.
Now this other therapist knows my identity so he also knows about issues that I've struggled with. It's already hard for me to trust people so this definitely didn't help.
I don't have an appointment with him again until March 1 so I won't be able to talk about it with him in person until then. I wish I had an earlier appointment. This is an issue that I want to bring up.
He told me that he was in therapy with this therapist. He recommended his podcasts to me. I met with the other therapist because I was interesed in his podcasts and wanted to meet him in person. So I emailed about an appointment but decided against it. Well, somehow a few weeks later, he emailed me and said he had an appointment slot open and could give me a discount on the session so I decided to go.
I hadn't planned on looking for another therapist. I just went to see how things went.
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Can I challenge you a little here?
If your answer is no feel free to read no further.
YOU JUST WENT TO HAVE A SESSION WITH YOUR THERAPIST'S THERAPIST? Just like that?
And you have feelings for your therapist?
In your heart of hearts, what were your motives in going?
Of course you're within your rights to see any therapist who will see you. But come on. IMHO there is a lot more to your actions than you're copping to here.
Also what on this lonely green planet was your therapist doing telling you who they see for therapy? That is some intensely effed up oversharing! I am deeply concerned about their professionalism.
I think this is one dangerous game and the therapist was absolutely right to put a stop to it. Though I do think they probably should have declined to continue to see you without revealing as much as they did. As to the limits of confidentiality, I cannot comment on that intelligently except to say that it strikes me as somewhere on the spectrum of precious to galling that you knowingly went to see your therapist's therapist and you feel that YOUR boundaries have been violated.