[jenluv]

I got the blessing from my T to explore seeing another T specifically for trauma-related issues. I have a call in to a recommended place and expect a return call tomorrow.

I know some of you have more than one T. I was wondering how that came about, why, and/or how it's working out for you?

I have a pdoc but I don't count her as a T since I see her for med checks every 10 weeks or so.

Also -- I might as well bury this question in here -- Do you see a male or female T? Or both? My current T is male. I had a female T in my 20's and wanted a male T this time around. I'm debating whether or not to request a male T for the trauma therapy.

[Emptty]

I see two T's. Both male. I have a real issue with females and I'm not sure why... more comfy with the men

I had been seeing a psychologist for some time and he recommended I find another T because after a year and a half he was not sure if he could help me. I have gone to a number of T's before finding another good one. Now I'm seeing two, the new one twice a week and the old one once(gonna drop him in 2 months)

It's funny though, I find myself talking about T1 to T2 and sometimes I talk to T2 about problems with T1..

[Honeybun]

I see 2 T's. T1 I have been with for multiple years and the work is psychoanalytic. We work at a deep level and not so much with my SI and acting out behaviors. Also I struggle to cope with intense feelings, especially anger. So...I have T2 who helps keep me focused on the coping skills (al a DBT) but when I'm struggling with stuff with T1 T2 helps me with that too. Sometimes the lines between the two can get blurred so I report everything to T1, so it can be monitored. I have a male and female T.

[CantExplain]

At the very beginning I had a CBT (or someone very like it) and a Holistic Health Nurse. That worked pretty well because neither was at all interested in what the other one was doing.

[WikidPissah]

I can barely handle 1 T, I don't know how you guys handle 2!

[Perna]

I had a horrible T and group therapy at the same time (he was a student T and messed up big time such that my senior group therapist had to step in and intervene for me after I fell apart in group the next week); fortunately he moved on so I then just had group but then, the group therapist did not like that for me and recommended my individual T that I then had for the rest of my life :-) When I'd have trouble with group I'd complain to my individual T who would listen but pointed out that group therapy was not her expertise. However, she did help me with a big problem I had with group and that made both of them work much better together for me.

[bipolarmedstudent]

Originally Posted by jenluv

I got the blessing from my T to explore seeing another T specifically for trauma-related issues. I have a call in to a recommended place and expect a return call tomorrow.

I know some of you have more than one T. I was wondering how that came about, why, and/or how it's working out for you?

I have a pdoc but I don't count her as a T since I see her for med checks every 10 weeks or so.

Also -- I might as well bury this question in here -- Do you see a male or female T? Or both? My current T is male. I had a female T in my 20's and wanted a male T this time around. I'm debating whether or not to request a male T for the trauma therapy.

Currently, I see two pdocs and a clinical psychologist. One pdoc is my old pdoc that I've been seeing for 10 years. She is two hours away though (I moved 2 years ago for med school). Because I moved, I recently started seeing a new pdoc in my city. He is now handling all my meds. I still see the old pdoc whenever I'm back home visiting my parents. She doesn't prescribe me meds anymore, but she does talk therapy with me. Both pdocs know about each other and they share notes. They are both okay with the arrangement. The only thing is that I had to pick one of them to manage my meds, and I went with the one who is in my city (the new one), for convenience. They both felt is was important for me to have a pdoc in my city, but they understand why I don't want to end a 10 year therapeutic relationship with my old pdoc who knows me so well.

I also see a clinical psychologist with my boyfriend for couples' counselling. I will start seeing him (or a different therapist) for family/individual counselling soon as well. My mom wants to do family counselling with me, and I am all for it. Both my pdocs know I am in couples' counselling and both think it's a good idea.

In the past, I have seen a different pdoc (an adhd specialist) for consults. The old pdoc sent me to him. She also sent me to two different clinical psychologists for my trichotillomania and OCD. I also participated in a CBT group for trichotillomania led by another pdoc. I found the group on my own, but my old pdoc was fully in favour of that as well.

I've also seen counsellors at student health for one-off sessions. They were too inexperienced though so I didn't see them again.

Finally, the adhd specialist also referred me to a hypnotherapist for a few sessions for my tourette's.

Female: my old pdoc, two clinical psychologists, pdoc in charge of CBT group, the people I saw at student health.

Male: my new pdoc, the adhd specialist, the couples' counsellor, the hypnotherapist.

I'm equally happy with male and female pdocs/T's. The important thing for me is that they be competent and that they maintain professional distance. I don't like having an informal or 'friendly' relationship with my T.

[jenluv]

Well, I got the call back and am scheduled to see a male T tomorrow. I don't know if he will be a good fit or if he will recommend someone else who will fit. We'll see. He's older than I am -- probably 15 years or so. My current T is 9 years younger than me.