As i have thought about this. When the event happened in Florida and the ptsd was a constant 24/7

Once I got back home I was mistakenly told my old T Retired so I went to the other county mental clinic run by same company

I get assigned to “Brian” right off the bat I say “ listen I honestly don’t know how to do therapy with anyone other than Richard so ......”

He didn’t explain his practice, call between visits , email, Text etc didn’t so much as breathe the word boundaries. These were all things Richard has started out first visit with 7 years prior.

Anyway “” Brian “” asked me what was going on , I told him about the event in Florida and the resulting ptsd, he asked maybe 4-5 questions then there was just silence. He didn’t say anything , I sure didn’t know what to say. Eventually he asked me how often I would like to be seen I said every 2 weeks ? Okay see you on X date

Second visit he asked how I was ... I rambled ptsd nightmares, my anxiety off the charts , no sleep for 4-5 days at a time. Etc etc.

He sat back just staring at me... very uncomfortable , I asked him why he didn’t have a clock I could see ? Richard always had 3-4 clocks around , I could glance at it and keep track and make sure I could get out what I needed to say before time up

He shrugged. Ummmmmm okay. Well then he starts talking about his horses , i mentioned i use to have 4 then Fibromyalgia hit so I eventually found them all new homes. He said horses and lexapro is how he treats his depression. Ahhhh do I say congratulations? I mean ok , I mumbled something about animals being so helpful

Next visit he calls me back and his boots are filthy as in I just mucked dirty stalls , so mentally he’s not Brian he’s now plowboy in my head.

He immediately starts talking about his son dropping off his dog and Plowboy having to take care of it and how it hates baths I sat there dumbfounded , he went on to tell me his wife has breast cancer and that struggle. I legit turn around and look at the clock and say well it looks like our time is up , can we please focus on MY problems next time ? I think you need to see a therapist and not unload on your client and walked out

Next and final appt. he said well we can do EMDR, but the administrator is the only on who does that here , not sure he would want too. He ( plowboy) thought ECT would fix me..I said if it did then no one would suffer ptsd. I was done, all the fight was out of me , I wanted to exit life early but I went ip . Anyway thats a whole other story. My GP called and said I had to be seen following a hospital stay. I go and Pat walked into the room and i break down balling my eyes out. Explain my useless plowboy , I said Richard had retire. She grabs out her phone and makes a call No he wasn’t , people were given out wrong into, she left Regina a message to grab him as soon as he came out of session to see if he could see me , apparently he yelled yes , I had an appt 8 am the next county over the next day !!! Saw him and just cried.

I explained Plowboy “ therapy”
Richards reply was I have meet him many times and he is a waste of a Therapist and needs his license yanked and burned to ashes. He said I will email Him that I am taken over your care. Well a few days later I get a text reminder about an appt with plowboy, I can the office and explain to front office no I have gone back to my old T. Plowboy calls me asking why I left ??? I considered ignoring him, but hey? You asked me I’ll tell you. “ hi plowboy , the reason I will not waste another second in your office not once did you offer me any help other than ECT ! Which is not treatment for ptsd, I never cared about your depression , horses and certainly not about you son dropping off his dog .. YOU need a therapist your not fit to see anyone.

I see my T a few days later,, Richard had sent a email explaining I was going to be switching back since we had years together. Plowboy sent him a very nasty email about poaching his clients !!! I was like omg !!! I explained what I said he said ok I need a minute.

He composed the email with what my sessions with him were like. then my final call with him plowboy and he cc to his administrator.

Few weeks later Richard let me know that Plowboy has been let go LOL

So if I have a T that has depression or bipolar or anything please do not tell me your troubles you need to see a T Yourself. I am here because I need help. Period.