[lonelyplatypus]

Does anyone have experience with therapists leaving? I just found out that my therapist is moving in mid May and I am much more upset than I thought I would be. I have only been seeing this doctor for a few months, but he has really helped me a lot. I feel like we did not finish all of our work, but I am definitely doing better than I was before I saw him. I know that if he was staying I would continue therapy, but I am reluctant to get a new therapist and have to re-tell all of my stories and start over, especially when my problems aren't quite as bad as before.
Any advice?

[smmath]

Have you talked to him about how you are feeling? Maybe he could help you with the feelings and emotions that are associated with termination.

I am sorry, Talk to him how you're feeling and maybe he could recommend another good T.

I do. Three years ago my t had a family emergency in another country. She was supposed to be gone for just a few weeks, and it has turned into almost three years. It has been so hard. I did not want another t. So we keep in touch with frequent emails, phone calls a few times a week, skype. It is still hard thoughh because i have DID and i have young alters who communicate through touch and sign language and need t to be right there with them for comfort, they need her hugs and holding her hand. So being away from her is so hard for them.
After a year we went to go spend a couple weeks with her which helped a lot. She also has been home this month visiting, and we have accomplished so many things in sessions and they have been soaking up her hugs and attention and long long sessions like spending the whole day with her. She is going back in a couple days though.
She still plans to come back home as soon as the family situation is resolved, so at least i have hope that she will be home again. She has just moved there temporarily, and will be back eventually.
I know its so painful to have your t leave. It just hurts. I wonder a couple things for you: could you contue to talk to your t but just by phone/ email? Or, could you both use the next month before t leaves to help you find another really good t that you might like and your t could help you through this transition period, like start seeing the new t and yet be able to have current t help you through the change?

[Ambra]

I'm sorry about it.. what about skype or phone calls? Many are doing like this here. Maybe you can discuss it with your T?

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[RTerroni]

I probably would have with a Therapist who I saw for many years had I not had to leave a few months earlier due to a change in insurance (she ended up leaving the practice I was seeing her at a few months later).

Yes, my T moved out of state goodness it's been almost a year and a half ago now. I had done some life-changing work with her already before she moved and I did not want to start over with someone new and thankfully she offered phone sessions. So we've been doing that ever since she moved, and it has worked very well for me. I just go sit in my car when I call her, to have privacy as there's really no place in my house that someone in my family wouldn't be able to overhear. Not that I'm talking about them or anything but it helps recreate the "sacred space" that meeting in her office allowed.

Yes I just went though this very thing. I had been seeing my T for 3 months when I found out he was moving in 3 months... I just had my last session last week...

Pm me if you want.... I am very glad I kept going to the very end....

My second therapist left to accept a position in another state. We had plenty of notice and I was in a decent spot when he left, so it really was okay. I actually went around 7 years (and two babies later) before I returned to therapy.