Welcome to the Couch! People of PC Psychotherapy (Part 2)

Hey Lola!!!

Lola is here? She needs some poking and prodding? Wanna have a sword fight?

LOL, I would like to get in on this. There's a few people here at work I'd like to stab.

Unfortunately I think way too much, and was wondering about our T's T.

Anyone have any experience or knowledge about this? I am assuming most Ts have their own therapist of some sort. My T is a clinical psychologist. Ooooooh I would love to be a fly on the wall for some of those sessions. I should move this over to the LOVE UR THERAPIST thread. Wouldnt you just bust a nut to hear your T say......I am so attached to him/her I cant stand it.....???

I knew a T (my step-mom) who had their T as the maid of honour at their wedding. Least to say that was a very odd atmosphere.

Also, my T offered me one of her biscuits today. For some reason I'm very touched by this :P

Hey nood, you British? Enquiring minds want to know.

Thats very sweet your T offered it.

@SeaSalt yeah it's kinda weird isn't it? They're talking about us!! lol... I think they either have their own T or they have a supervisor they check in with. I could tell when my T's supervisor or therapist or whoever told him something because he radically changed his approach with me once. It was kinda weird thinking that oh, I guess so and so must've told him what he was doing wasn't a good idea! lol

Okay I came here to vent. I am immensely frustrated with my DBT people. I don't know if it's DBT or just them. I think it's just them. They've been so uncommunicative with me. The head guy just ignores my email from last week asking for a referral. I saw him in class today and asked if he got it and he looked like he just remembered "oh yes!" he said, "can I talk to you about that after class?" and I said sure.

After class we go into his office and have about 60 seconds before his eyes get really big and I think there must be a giant rat behind me about to leap out from behind the couch and jump on my back but it turns out he's looking at a clock. He jumps up and says he forgot he hand a lunch date 15 minutes ago!

I said, fine, look, Dr L. is my new therapist. He's supposed to call you this week. I'm going to be working with him from now on instead of [other DBT counselor].

Fine, good, okay then. Byeeeeee!!!

And that was that.

Ahh I've been busted. I think I know roughly why you're asking that. PM me to see if my suspicions are confirmed

My T has a therapist, which I just found out for sure on Monday. I had been triggered by something T did and one of the reasons that T gave me for doing it was that his own T had done it for him and he'd found it very reassuring and affirming.

My t sees a T once a month "to keep myself healthy" he says. I get all freaked when I think of him even mentioning (or thinking about) me outside of a session. I flipped out when he talked to pdoc once.

Lilly, my DBT group therapists were the same in that DBT isn't a place where you go to "talk" but more to get coping skills. However, they were very supportive and offered "consultation" when someone was having a hard time with their individual T or needed a referral for something. I am not sure what is up with this DBT person you have.

So you're saying it was a good trigger?

this is what my H is making me do:

Awww what's goin' on?

It was, but I didn't initially interpret it that way. He gave me his home phone number, in case I needed to get in touch with him and couldn't reach him on his cell. While it made me feel very cared for, it triggered a huge trust problem I have, stemming from CSA. The abuser did a lot of things that I interpreted as being good, but which only served to manipulate me into trusting him. When T did that, I couldn't figure out his motive for it and I panicked. It felt something like that abuser's manipulation did.

We've talked about it and we've repaired the rupture and identified a few more things we didn't know we needed to work on, so from that perspective, it was a good thing. And once he explained his actual reasoning for it, it was a good thing.

critterlady, thanks for the explanation. I am new to this therapy experience and sometimes I ask to many questions. Bless your heart for your past issues. I have nothing like that in my past. I am discovering though that things I thought I didnt have an issue with on the surface, I really do once you get down into it.

I have had a very triggering day so far. I just want to kick someone's head in. That's my peaceful thought for the time being.

My daughter was injured and I just found out physical therapy is going to be 3x week at $20 a pop. To top that off, Rheumatologist called and said she needs weekly B12 injections (the vitamins she's been taken aren't working) Another $20/week. Looks like I am not going back to T for at least 6 weeks.

Oh dear Wikid, I am so sorry to hear about all that. Sorry your daughter is having to go thru this (and you too).

My youngest daughter has to take B12 shots too.... sorry about the injury, i hope she is ok.

TTGB

, if he were my husband , wait ...thats why I never wanted one...LOL

Lola - daggone you. Everytime I see your nic I start singing....

"At the Copa......Copa Cabana.....the hottest spot north of Havana...."

I go into the Kinks song....Lola...L O L A...Lola

Wikkid - sorry to hear about both your daughter and your therapist.

i like both those songs......

Hey slowpuppy, how you doin?