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Originally Posted by fern46
This makes sense as to why you would have to cancel to get on a list. I was thinking you'd be putting your name on a list for a doc in another practice altogether. Have you looked into that option?
About the therapist you mentioned... He was way out of bounds. A lot of clients have abuse in their history and that kind of 'joking' is highly triggering. I'm not saying you did anything wrong by not reporting him, but I hope someone does if he continues with those kinds of topics. It is highly inappropriate. I grew up with brothers and worked in a male driven industry and was often treated like one of the guys. Some of their jokes were sexual in nature, but never went that far. I'm glad you don't see him anymore.
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The problem is that the other local places (who accept my insurance) want you to switch to THEIR providers. So, this means I cannot see my current therapist anymore if I go elsewhere, and I don't want to have to rebuild my history yet again. Plus, one of the places I called even said that I have to see a therapist WEEKLY if I want to see a psychiatrist! Firstly, they don't even know me or my therapeutic needs, yet they're saying I have to see someone *weekly* when, quite frankly, I do fine biweekly. Secondly, it seems like a cash grab on their part and it makes me wonder if they're a bunch of quacks.
As for my former therapist -- yeah, I understand what you're saying about sexual trauma and the like. I honestly don't know why he did it. All I said was, "I was cleaning my room and then I put a bunch of stuff on my bed during the organization process, so now I can't sleep on my bed until I clean it." Then he was like, "I never let my bed get that way, even during organizing. I need my bed clean for masturbation or it gets distracting," and started talking about it. It was totally weird and random... but that's what I mean when I say I didn't bring up anything sex related.