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Olivia, I am so sorry about what happened to you. Your therapist just seemed to do everything wrong. Totally unprofessional, inappropriate, hurtful, and selfish. I think I remember an earlier post from you about how your T and pdoc communicated about you behind your back without your permission, and this had been damaging to your relationship with your T. This clinic where you have been going just seems to be bad news all around! I am sorry for your current pain, and I hope you will find another T in the future who has your best interests at heart. I also hope you can find another pdoc, as the current one doesn't sound trustworthy either. It might be helpful to just make a clean break from that clinic and never go back.

Take care.

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I would leave the clinic if I could but it's within my HMO's plan. My pdoc has been good to me; I just think she is overwhelmed with work. When I asked her about confidentiality she said that all the professional staff meets and are encouraged to talk about their "cases"; however if one of the therapists knows the patient, he/she is to leave the room at once. This is what she told me. She said that the insurance companies even encourage sharing information within the clinic to facilitate treatment. Doesn't make much sense to me.

I am still very upset about this but I do realize that this T is very troubled herself and I cannot take it too personally. She can be very charming and compassionate on one hand, and extremely cruel on the other.

She treated me very poorly and the look on her face was hateful when she accused me of calling and leaving long angry messages on her phone. Well I left one - when she took that patient's call to schedule an appointment during my time.

Then when I threatened to leave, she pounced on me and told me we could not work together; it wasn't working out. "Some people cannot be helped by therapy." It was all so hurtful. I don't want to blame my psychiatrist but she had to know that forwarding emails
that I thought were private would cause trouble. I feel trapped though and don't think I can leave her. She has gone the extra mile for me more than once the past 3 years so I will probably stick with her but discuss this confidentiality issue thoroughly with her.

In the meantime, I need to heal from just the idea that I was thrown out that way. I really appreciate the support.