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Originally Posted by hopealwayz
My T has told me to have no contact with him unless it was for prescription refills or needing an increased dosage of a medication.
He told me that I need to work on my intense attachment and boundary issues.
I asked him if attachment issues should be worked on in therapy and he just took it as if I was arguing with him.
I told him that most Ts would work on attachment in therapy and he has just pushed me out of the boat.
I have an appointment with him on June 1 but I'm supposed to have no contact until then.
How is that helping with my attachment and boundary issues?
Or will the feelings lessen with the time that goes by and that's the lesson that he's trying to teach me?
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Do you have a psychiatrist for medication, and a psychologist/therapist for counseling? If you are seeing a psychiatrist for ONLY medication management, she/he will only deal with issues pertaining to medication. Now if you were suicidal or homicidal that would be another issue. Otherwise, the psychiatrist should only be expected to handle issues pertaining to medication. The psychologist will handle all issues pertaining to therapy. Usually, the psychiatrist will make this very clear to their patients on the first visit.
So, if this is the case, he is expecting you to work with your psychologist on these attachment issues, even if the attachment issues involve your psychiatrist. I had a similar situation happen to me when I had a psychologist for therapy and a psychiatrist for medication management. I had problems with the psychiatrist and had to work through them with my psychologist because I only saw the psychologist for therapy. It was a difficult situation. I finally found a psychiatrist that does medication management and psychotherapy. I am just wondering if that might be what you are experiencing.