[woods girl]

My issues are vast enough that I'll be starting with a second T this week. I already meet with T1 once a week in person and once by phone, but there's so much to do that he's coordinating with a colleague to also meet with me in person. The plan will probably be for the two of them to tackle different issues, but that's still getting ironed out.

Anyone else have multiple T's?

[stopdog]

I see two different ones. They do not talk to each other.

[kecanoe]

I see three. I work on different issues with each one, and each one uses a different modality. If an issue comes up with more than one t, I just tell them I am working on it with another t. It works pretty well for me.

I'd prefer to see t1 every day of the week, but that was fostering too much dependency. I am glad you are adding another t.

I saw the same therapist 3-5 times a week. It fostered interdependence for me. I sometimes imagine what it would have been like to have two therapist, because I would have set it up as a good cop, bad cop scenario. I offered to get a second therapist to give mine relief, but she said she was perfectly capable of handling my issues, but it was my choice.

[ThisWayOut]

Sometimes I think I would like a second t as Sperry around the stuff t and I simply don't have the time to tackle. T also has said that if she came upon something that she didn't know how to handle, or didn't have enough experience in, she would pull in a second time.

Good luck with it. Cool that it's able to happen.

[PinkFlamingo99]

I think it can be a good idea, especially if you deal with abandonent fears.

[woods girl]

Originally Posted by PinkFlamingo99

I think it can be a good idea, especially if you deal with abandonent fears.

That's actually how this came about. T2 was the "sub" when T1 went away for vacation, but for the last break without a sub, I totally freaked.

[kecanoe]

Originally Posted by woods girl

That's actually how this came about. T2 was the "sub" when T1 went away for vacation, but for the last break without a sub, I totally freaked.

That's how it started wih me too. There was no way I was going to manage w t1 being gone, so I saw t2 a couple of times. I learned that t2 had a lot of experience with people with DID (and t1had none), so t1 and I agreed that I would see both. T2 took some convincing.

[PinkFlamingo99]

I used to have one in a free clinic I saw a lot when my primary was gone. I loved her a lot too (I was very young). It definitely helped during holidays. I had been planning on seeing both this time too, until **** went south with exT.