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Silver Swan
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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 me. 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. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Silver Swan
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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!
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