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Originally Posted by snowflake20
Personally I’m not sure I’d feel that comfrotable seeing a younger therapist. The fact that I didn’t have a good experience with my previous and T and some other health professionals makes me feel quite doubtful about anyone I see, and it takes me longer than before to trust them. I think that I’d feel more secure knowing that they have more experience.
Also,this my sound kind of stupid but I feel frustrated with the fact that I had to quit studying due to my mental health and didn’t have the chance to go to uni like all my friends. So I tend to feel inferior to people sometimes. I feel like seeing a younger therapist could trigger these feelings and that I would constanlty be comparing myself to her.  though I'm glad you found an alternative that works for you  |
I totally understand wanting your T to have more experience.
And that frustration is not stupid at all! I can see why seeing a young therapist would trigger those feelings. I myself sometimes feel insecure and inferior to my T, because she has a PhD, and that was a goal I used to have before I realized that my mental illness will pretty much make that impossible. I hope you can find an older T who will not trigger those feelings, who you can talk openly about transference with!
