My new T isn’t working out

Nobody will talk with me about this. They don’t understand. I feel alone. That therapist really confused and hurt me.

I've been there.


I had a great therapist in undergrad. I had a severe depression my senior year and he was actually seeing me for 90 minute sessions 4 days/week trying to keep me safe and out of the hospital. (He's the kindest man on earth). So I clearly needed to transition to someone else when I got to grad school.

I told the woman the first day that I was a Christian and had certain beliefs that were very important to me. It was like she was out to undo everything I believed in. I honestly think she was offended by my faith even though I certainly wasn't pushing it on her. I think I saw her 5 times and each of them went worse. So I got the courage to call and cancel. I went to an off-campus place for a few months and took some time off. Then my professor felt I needed to work on my self-confidence and referred me to another person in the school's center.

School #2 person believed everything was because of abuse. I'm shy. I can't say I never would have been shy without abuse but those who know me best think it is a fundamental personality trait. She insisted it was abuse and that I needed to relive everything I'd previously gone through in those intense months of therapy in college (plus other years of counseling in college). She pushed and pushed and I did gain some confidence I guess pushing back. I think she lasted 3 sessions.


I'm glad you have your case manager to help you set up someone else. After 2 bad experiences I had a hard time going back and took about 2 years off. I did pretty well in those years but when I needed counseling it was obvious and I found the place I still go now (22 years later) although with a different therapist b/c the first moved away.

Now I do great with the 2nd therapist I've ever really clicked with.

Thanks, beyond the rainbow. I don’t feel so alone. It was like this therapist opened me up just to hurt me. She made things up that never happened- traumatizing things! She told me I was traumatized- yeah, by HER!

I have several ts equation everything to trauma. Which lead to improper diagnosis. After years I'm ready to say I have PTSD on top of Sza but Sza is my issue. I've had several ts accuse loved ones of SA because I was so young when symptoms started. I didn't experience SA until much older. I was very straight with this one saying I had Sza symptoms since 7. I'm very wary of therapists because my symptoms are scary to others and I don't want to get hospitalized over a miss understanding.