I do like my current therapist. I've been seeing her for a couple years. She's helpful and I feel I benefit from seeing her.
Therapist before my current one? She was not helpful. She looked at me like a deer looks at headlights. I quit her.
Therapist before the above? I really liked, but she moved far away.
Therapist before the above? I really liked her and benefited GREATLY from her, learning my most useful coping skills and getting past many difficult periods. I didn't feel 100% comfortable with her in the beginning, though, but the relationship improved. She retired because of family issues.
Therapist before the above? Horrible. He seemed to have a scary crush on me. Complimented me incessantly. He didn't help me in any positive way. I quit him.
Before him? A female therapist that basically fired me because I scared her. That is what she called and told my psychiatrist. She often seemed angry and frustrated with me.
Before him? Very scary dot.com. And a general minor nightmare story. Learned that he had slept with a former patient.
Before him? Helped to a degree, but became uncomfortable at a point. He kept wanting me to quit my psychiatrist, which I would not do. He tried to tell me what to tell my psychiatrist to prescribe. That turned out horribly.
IOP therapists. Memory fuzzy. One was a nightmare. Others OK.
Before him? I almost forget. It might have been a therapist that "fired me" for aggressive manic behavior.
Before her? I forget. I do recall two I quit quickly. One had animals jumping all over me. Another was a replica of my obnoxious grandmother.
Before them? I kind of forget. Lots of IOP therapists. Most OK.
Before them? I recall one therapist seemingly not liking me. I always felt she gave me "the stink eye" and acted in angry way towards me.
Before her? IOP therapist I liked.
Before her? I went to a psychiatrist that also offered group therapy. He was OK. He actually diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and sent me inpatient the next year. His group therapy was a joke. He just had patients talk about whatever they wanted. I never recall him giving any suggestions. At least he did finally see me transition from depression/anxiety to mania, which led to my proper diagnosis.
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As a side note, unlike all of my many therapists above, I have only had three psychiatrists (excluding two one-timers in my youth and all of the many inpatient and IOP psychiatrists). The first was the just mentioned above, that diagnosed me. The second was a creep that "fired me" when the therapist in his practice "fired me". The last and current one of 14 years is my beloved psychiatrist, whom I will see until either he retires or I move.
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