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Originally Posted by Kiya
i did try that - i emailed that exact thing - there was no response. i was all excited that i had thought of that (a couple of weeks ago)... but it seems to be a no. so i am withholding info from her at this point.
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If she didn't answer your email, it doesn't necessarily mean "no." I hope you won't let her off the hook on this and will bring up your email when you see her. Could you say something like, "what did you think of my idea? It will help me feel safer so I can be honest with you but also allow you to share what is most important with my other doctors." Make her say "no" to your face if that is what she means. Maybe she didn't get the email. You never know.
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they all work at the same clinic - so they all speak openly. If i have a panic attack in group, they go find t. if i have a flashback in with the osteopath - they go tell t. if i can't sleep, md tells t to work with me on this. Each time i go in, i find out what each one has talked to t about.
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That's very infantilizing. They're treating you like a child. They don't trust you enough to tell your own needs to your clinicians. If you have a flashback that is important for T to know about, they should trust you to tell her instead of relying on the osteopath go tattling on you. I think that this system would be very hard to be a part of for many people, Kiya.
I also think that you should tell your T that because of this system, you are having to withhold information from her. That creates a wall and is not helpful in therapy. I'm sorry you have to have therapy under these conditions.
I know you like your T, but perhaps the other clinicians in the group are not that essential for you. Could they be replaced by people providing equivalent services outside of your T's practice group? So you could go to an osteopath outside of this clinic, and that way the osteopath could not tattle on you? And you would still have all the services you need.