T today; confronting her

I have an appt with T#1 today (T2 is younger, and will soon become my sole therapist). T1 has been cutting short my individual sessions, and I need to confront her. The first couple of times, I let it slide, but it seems to be turning into a pattern. The last individual session I had with her was just short of 30 minutes, which is unacceptable. I am going to note the time today, and bring this up near the end of the session.

I also need to talk to her about a co-therapy session in which both Ts and I discussed my daughter. I felt unsupported by her. She asked me if I thought my D was upset with me because of my dissociation, that perhaps there had been times when I should have been present as her parent, but other non-parent parts of me interacted with D instead. She had brought this up months ago, also, and I told her no. Last time, I told her "no" again, and let her know I had done a lot of soul-searching and had discussed this extensively with previous T. She wouldn't let it go. It felt like she was judging me, and more willing to invest in her pet theory than in really hearing me.

Once again, I am grateful to former T. Working with him has given me the ability to believe in myself, and the strength to confront authoritative women.

Gotta go get ready for my appt. Will try to check in later.

Good luck!

Good luck!

Good luck. Xxx

How'd things go?

My T sometimes does that "short session" thing too. I hate it. I brought it up and she quickly apologized...said she had an emergency phone call. I still didn't like it.

Totally unjustified good luck.

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I wouldn't pay for a full session if I didn't get one because of the therapist
(versus me leaving early).

I don't pay out-of-pocket for T, because I get SSI and have straight Medicaid (I feel fortunate to have this). Once we got into the session today, it just didn't feel like the right time to confront her, but I will definitely confront her soon. Thanks to all for the support.