Hi Daisy,

I'm late to this, but I can relate in that my last therapist (before the one I see now) announced that she would be moving out of state after just 5 months in of therapy. She gave me abut 3 months notice, but I was caught--like you--not wanting to keep putting more into something that would need much more time and that I would have to do all over again with someone else. So I quit when she told me, and then when she was scheduled to move, I wanted to go back, and it turned out her moving date was delayed so I had a few more session. It didn't really help a whole lot, to be honest, and just drew out the grief. I do think you might benefit from one last visit, though, to tell him how it hurt you that he let you walk out in your bad state and find out where his head was at with all of that.

Is that because you are feeling hurt right now, or was that always the case? Perhaps you could come up with what you can say to him and let him know that phrase means you are at a "I need intervention" stage.


I use a phrase when I'm close to dissociating. I didn't know I used it, but I always do... so T now knows that if I say that phrase, I've reached a critical point and if we don't change the subject, and I need her to change the subject to reground me, then I'll go.. I'll be gone for a bit.


Is there something other than please help me.. or I'm really there.. that passes through your head repeatedly when you are at that place?