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Old Oct 19, 2017, 04:33 PM
Anonymous52976
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That's all too familiar. I only needed, for the most part, one 5 minute conversation in the middle of the week rather than multiple emails, but he wouldn't do it. He works psychoanalytically, so to him, attending to my need would be 'rescuing' me and prevent me from "doing the work". He encouraged the attachment, but then when I got there, it felt like I was being retraumatized after Pandora's Box was opened. I tried over and over to get him to understand my therapeutic needs, but he would always say everything was transference. I was attached to him as if it was life or death by that point.

It's irresponsible for a T to take on a client with these difficulties and not offer support outside of the 50 minute per week session, so I disagree with you that they don't have the responsibility. It is unprofessional to do otherwise, and they shouldn't be taking on trauma clients if they don't accept responsibility for the side effects of the treatments they deliver.

My T invited me to come 3 times a week, but like many people, I couldn't afford it. When he first took me on, he knew about my issues. He knew about my financial situation. The truth is, he doesn't care about me at all. All he cared about was having a paying client to fill a slot.

When my condition caused my medical expenses to escalate leaving me with no money for therapy, I had to end abruptly since I couldn't even pay for one more session, needing the money for medical copays that month. After bawling my eyes out at our last session, he just sat there and looked it me then at the end, said to let him know when i come back. That was after 5 years. I don't think I'll ever recover from this.

Last edited by Anonymous52976; Oct 19, 2017 at 04:46 PM.
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