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Old Feb 11, 2014, 03:19 PM
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I have been with my current therapist for about one and a half years (?). A couple of times I asked her if she or the agency would make me stop coming (terminate) before I felt I was ready. She said they would not. But just recently she told me, that the agency is requiring her to have more group therapy classes. On a certain day of the week she is in groups all day. That means she now has less time for individual therapy.
I realize she has bosses over her that run the agency. I wont get to see her for two more weeks and then it will be just for a half hour. There has been an anxiety that is building in me day by day. I have what I call Termination Fear. I am afraid I will be terminated before I am ready. I realize I am rambling. Not sure how to say all this. I am just plain frightened. I am not ready to be without my therapy.
My next session will only be a half hour, and it will go by in about five minutes (thats my ADD at work). A half hour is about enough time to discuss one thing. The panic is gradually rising in me. Don't know what to do.
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 03:44 PM
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I can understand your fear of being terminated when your t's time is being taken away from you with time constraints and her being needed for group therapy. it is unfortunate that many agencies are taking this route as a means of saving/making money. know that t will not terminate you, that you are just going to have to adjust to a new format in seeing her to discuss your issues. you may even have to do this in a group setting if the agency says so. I am sure your t will do everything she can to fight to keep you as an individual patient. talk to her about your fears first thing so that she can help you through them. take care.
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 03:44 PM
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Maybe talk to her about this? I recently went through a mini panic when my T said she was getting another job on the side of her private practice. I thought that she might not have time to see me anymore and I would be abandoned. But she reassured me that things were just fine and she wasn't going anywhere. So bringing it up with your T can help you get an idea of what their plan is and how you fit into it.
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