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Originally Posted by pixiedust72
It makes sense that maybe she can’t convince me to keep doing therapy or maybe she has a policy against it. I think in the moment I just needed some encouragement that I could work through the really hard stuff. I didn’t say this obviously because I didn’t think of it yet. Not sure how to proceed going forward but that makes sense.
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I do think there's a general ethical policy that if a client wants to leave therapy or switch therapists, the therapist shouldn't "chase" them. Like if they said, "You need to keep working with me in order to get better." Because therapists are paid for their work, trying to convince a client to stay could seem like they're just trying to get money from them, for example.
However, from what you said, it didn't seem like you were saying you wanted to leave therapy. It seemed like she sort of put the words in your mouth, after you mentioned your resistance, then you went along with it. It seems odd to me that she questioned your hesitancy, too--I would also think that hesitancy to leave or indecisiveness about leaving is a very common thing in therapy. Out of curiosity, how many years has your therapist been in practice?
As I mentioned in my other comment, I do think trying another therapist would be a good idea. If you think you might want to work with this one more, then I'd tell her what you said here, how you think it's not that you want to end therapy, but that you need some encouragement to work through the hard stuff.