Do you have more than 1 T?

I've been considering getting another T. I don't feel connected at all with my current T but I need to continue with her (or someone in her practice) in order to continue with my pdoc. I read so many threads here about relationships with Ts and I realize how completely disconnected I am from mine. I border on disliking her. She listens but does little else, a lot of times she talks about her life and the lives of her friends rather than focusing on me. Maybe that sounds self centered but I figure I'm paying her, she should at least listen to what I have to say. Anyway, just wondering how many people have more than one T and if you do, do your Ts know you have more than one?

I only have one. Most T's want to know if you have another.

I did consult with another T. on an issue surrounding transference and my current T.. I only saw her once and told my T. about it a few months later.

Sounds like you definitely need to switch. You could also ask her to stop talking about herself.

I see two. I did not ask their permission and would not change even if they had objected. I do not discuss them with each other and it is frankly none of their business whether I do or do not. I did tell them I was doing it but it was never discussed past that. I did not feel I had to tell them and did not do so because of the therapist's feelings on the matter at all. I had my own reasons for telling them.

I left my last T and pdoc under bad circumstances which I really wish weren't the case because I felt much more comfortable with them. I really don't know how to handle a switch or addition. This **** is so hard sometimes.

I have had T and then a marriage T for my husband and myself... I will at some point in the future have a T for EMDR and stay with my regular t, but that will only be short term. I know that there are others around here with two ts and I am not sure of their reasons. However, in your case.. if you feel like you are missing out a relationship or a connection with your t, maybe find another t in the same practice as your pdoc if that is possible. I think keeping your current T just so you can see your pdoc, seems like a waste of time for your current T and money for you honestly.

I have one T and a pdoc. But with the pdoc it's mostly about medication and I don't see him often.

I have an EMDR therapist, a regular therapist, and a pdoc.

I don't recall having more than one at the same time (unless short overlap to switch). Once I had a Pdoc and a T but Pdoc did not give therapy, just med management.

I see my T, my pdoc (who I do a sort of pseudo-therapy with) and a nutritionist. It works for me.

I see a t and a pdoc, I'm currently finishing up an overlap with an old t and a new t but don't see two at a time normally.

I see a T, a marriage counselor (MC), and a p-doc, all in the same practice. I have met individually a couple times with MC, but it was to address transference issues. My T was fine with me seeing him a couple times. However, she said if I continued to see him on a regular basis as well as her, it could be problematic because it would be a duplication of services (she meant in terms of me seeing them both, not because T is our marriage counselor). But I'm not sure if that's because they're in the same practice.

Are there any other Ts in the practice you could see instead?

When I was contemplating leaving t1, I saw both for a few weeks. T2 knew about T1, but T1 did not know about T2. I don't see an issue having more than one, though some Ts have issues with it. I wouldn't feel obligated to disclose.

Every once in a while I contemplate consulting with another T. Usually around what I can't talk to t2 about (transference and the like).

Can't afford it !!

I probably could but I'd feel bad telling my T I wanted to switch. I'm such a wimp with that stuff. It'd be easier to just terminate but I can't. I don't want to switch my pdoc or rather there aren't any pdocs accepting new patients around here. I go to therapy once a week but I could do every other week with each T if I did get a 2nd and then I wouldn't have to pay anything extra. I don't know what to do.

Thank you everyone.