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Originally Posted by SarahSweden
Thanks. Yes, I think so to, a T whoīs hired by public mental health care should have more adaptation skills than a T who can more freely choose his or her clients when working in a private practice.
Clients within public health care are more vulnerable in that respect that they canīt just quit and leave for another T and I think itīs odd that my T reasons in a way like she thinks a therapeutic relationship is just there. Not even if yourīre totally "healthy" relationships are given to you.
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Funny you should say this (not haha funny) but our public service health care T's are all like yours.
(I've had quite a few and its been confirmed by my current T)
I think for whatever reason (probably that its not designed for long term) they discourage patients and T's from getting too attached to each other.
Doesn't always work though, a lady who attends DBT with me, her individual sessions with our T has ended, which devastated her, now she keeps running into traffic trying to go IP so she can see him again.
(Hasn't worked tho btw)
I personally don't mind this therapeutic approach, it works for me and its the only one available, I would probably get the lines blurred and lose sight of my MH goals if I were focused on a therapeutic relationship.
How or why I "trust" a random guy with my deepest secrets without attempting to build a "relationship"?
I'll tell you what I told my T when he asked me this question....
Perspective: I trust him to do his job, not like I have bags and bags of free trust lying around to invest into temporary relationships anyway.
Anyway, didn't mean to ramble, sorry your T does not meet your requirements, I hope you guys can discuss it and work around it, or another T becomes available.