[JaneC]

It dawned on me that my new T knows NOTHING about me. Nothing. She has no context for anything I might say, will have no idea of the significance of something seemingly insignificant.

I just do not know that I have the strength to go through this getting to know you, building of another therapy relationship, so that I can feel safe enough to talk about the hard stuff. What if she decides to move too and leaves me?

How have you experienced starting over with a new T? How long does it take to start to make some progress? Has it been worth it?

And....is there no way out there that all my old T's knowledge can be uploaded to new T?

[iheartjacques]

I wish took me a while to get used to current T

[divine1966]

It took me awhile to nit feel judged by new t and now u feel judged again.

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[secretgalaxy]

I just switched T's this year and started with my new one back in January. She still doesn't know much about me. I feel like I have to still hide from her as I can't trust her yet.

It took me four years to trust my old T, so I don't know how long it will take with this one. I like her but I just can't talk.

Do you like your new T? Why don't you tell her what you said on here. She may be able to help you deal with these emotions.

It takes time, but if you like her then progress will probably go a little faster than it did with your first T until you get back to where you were.

[rainbow8]

Maybe I'm unique but I found that each time I began with a new T the process of getting to know her and to get into my issues went faster than before. Maybe because it got easier for me to talk. I knew the ropes. I saw my previous T for about 7 years and was attached to her. It was my decision to quit, though by that time appointments were spaced to monthly or as needed. I found my current T easy to talk to but I didn't really have to repeat everything about myself. We approached my problems differently because she used different techniques. Trust does take time to establish, though. I hope your new therapy goes well.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I've only seen new T 3 times. I do like her and have no problems talking about anything she has brought up. But I don't trust her, and I won't be talking about details anytime soon. This is my 10th T? And I'm still not used to this. I am used to talking and opening up about general things.

But I do agree that the "getting to know you" phase is, well for me, annoying.

If you want new T to know more faster then allow her access to previous T's file or write her a bunch of stuff you want her to know. That's what I did.