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Old Dec 22, 2009, 02:59 PM
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my therapist after seeing her for 7 years dumped me last month. I ran away from my care home because i got scared, and i was being judged. So my t told me she could not see me anymore i feel so lost not having her in my life. she gave me no refferahls. now im living at my Dads there is no counseling just going to my pdoc once a month.

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Old Dec 22, 2009, 03:03 PM
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Please tell me you're kidding! Not that you would joke about it, but I'm surprised! I don't know what else to say. Is there just no way she'll see you again?
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 05:37 PM
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(((Taylor))) Can you go back to your care home?
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 05:37 PM
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I'm sorry that happened. Could you ask your pdoc for referrals? He might have other people he is used to working with. Good luck.
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 07:14 PM
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Not giving you referrals is somewhat unethical. What is with therapists doing this crap?? They need to have a stricter weeding out process for this profession. Some people seriously have no business helping others.

Sorry I went off on my own rant. Thats horrible that she did that to you and I hope you find another therapist who isnt ignorant and wont waste your time.
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 07:24 PM
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Oh dear! that's awful.

Could you call your T. and ask for a referral? maybe she accidentally overlooked it.

hoping things work out for you.

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Old Dec 22, 2009, 08:55 PM
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(((Taylor))) Can you go back to your care home?
No i cant go back there they wont take me back
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 08:56 PM
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Not giving you referrals is somewhat unethical. What is with therapists doing this crap?? They need to have a stricter weeding out process for this profession. Some people seriously have no business helping others.

Sorry I went off on my own rant. Thats horrible that she did that to you and I hope you find another therapist who isnt ignorant and wont waste your time.
I thought she was a good t but guess not im still hurting allot over her dumping me as a client
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 09:22 PM
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i've had that happen before. Its awful. T's should lose thier job for being that awful.
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Old Dec 22, 2009, 11:27 PM
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(((((Taylor)))))

I'm so sorry this happened!!

May I ask, what scared you so much you would leave your care home? In what way were they judging you?

I'm glad that you have your father to stay with. Can he step in and help get you back into the home or at least back with your T?

What caused you to run away? Was it something you couldn't talk with T or your family about? Would they not help you?

If there's an issue at the home, someone should step in so no one else has issues.

Keep us posted.
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Old Dec 23, 2009, 06:13 AM
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I'm sorry that really sucks.

That nearly happened to me, she said I needed to work on other things first and then I could come back - I knew if that happened, she'd be too busy or whatever else.

So she said to email her about what I think and she'd phone, so I did and I phoned because I couldn't wait.

I don't know if it was my email, but she said I could still see her, but only if we work on the OCD stuff, then when I wouldn't talk about the other stuff, she said I could tell her anything, so it went back to how it was, pretty confusing, since that's why she was dumping me.

Anyway, I think sending an email might be good, just telling her how you feel.
It's worth a try, I didn't think it would work for me, but I was so happy that it did.

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Old Dec 23, 2009, 08:37 AM
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That's crazy unethical. Did you and T have an agreement where if you ran away she wouldn't see you anymore? What really bothers me is her not leaving you with a referral. I'm so sorry you're in this position.
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Old Dec 23, 2009, 10:50 AM
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Ditto about the referral.

I looked around on the internet, and this set of ethics is fairly standard:

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ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGISTS AND CODE OF CONDUCT, American Psychological Association (APA) 2002:
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html

10.10 Terminating Therapy
(a) Psychologists terminate therapy when it becomes reasonably clear that the client/patient no longer needs the service, is not likely to benefit, or is being harmed by continued service. (b) Psychologists may terminate therapy when threatened or otherwise endangered by the client/patient or another person with whom the client/patient has a relationship. (c) Except where precluded by the actions of clients/patients or third-party payors, prior to termination psychologists provide pretermination counseling and suggest alternative service providers as appropriate.
In other words, unless there was really egregious behavior on the part of the client, she really is behaving unethically. Even if she feels that you and she aren't working productively together, she is still supposed to help you arrange for some kind of subsequent care. That means referrals, at the very least.

I am sorry that you are suffering with this unnecessary pain.

Take care.

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Old Dec 23, 2009, 11:48 AM
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(((((Taylor)))))

I'm so sorry this happened!!

May I ask, what scared you so much you would leave your care home? In what way were they judging you?

I'm glad that you have your father to stay with. Can he step in and help get you back into the home or at least back with your T?

What caused you to run away? Was it something you couldn't talk with T or your family about? Would they not help you?

If there's an issue at the home, someone should step in so no one else has issues.

Keep us posted.
I do not know what caused me to run away but i got scared and just started to run away. My family have been supportive so is my pdoc through this.
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Old Dec 23, 2009, 11:49 AM
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That's crazy unethical. Did you and T have an agreement where if you ran away she wouldn't see you anymore? What really bothers me is her not leaving you with a referral. I'm so sorry you're in this position.
No agreement was set if i ran away or did anything
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Old Dec 26, 2009, 02:49 PM
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Well I hope that you will stay safe and be kind to yourself. (((( safe hugs )))))
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Old Dec 26, 2009, 03:09 PM
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Was your T in your care home only?

I'm sorry this happened to you. You mentioned you are seeing a pdoc, can he/she refer you to a new T?
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Old Dec 26, 2009, 04:52 PM
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I was going to ask the same thing, can your pdoc refer you? What about an insurance referral? Do you have insurance?
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Old Dec 27, 2009, 10:16 PM
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How scary. We are here for you. Don't give up.
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