[Giucy]

Ok, so, I am happy that it goes well with T. Mine is a pdoc and does also med management.

Once, I told him that my GP knows some stuff about me he doesn't, so it would be a good idea to contact her. He felt like in competition, replying to me that he knows more about psych because he is a shrink.
Of course he does know more about psych meds in general than my GP !

On the following session, I brought him a letter. Short, only one page, which he was quite surprised because he thought it would had been a novel.
On this letter, I told him clearly that first, I respect him as a psychiatrist and his competence. However, not knowing some very specific points in psychiatry doesn't change the fact that he is still a competent psychiatrist : it's such a vast specialty, evolving at such fast pace, that knowing everything is impossible. So, if he doesn't know the answer about a very specific question, it doesn't change my respect for his competence.
Then, I informed him that my GP met me when I was a toddler while he met me when I was an adult. So, her knowing elements he doesn't know is absolutely logical from the circumstances instead of being about his person. Yes, he is more competent in psychiatry generally speaking, but both have different and complementary perspective and she knows specifics he doesn't know because they have different experiences. I also made clear that I'm seeing a doctor to solve a problem rather than winning a contest : there are other moments and places for winning a contest.
Last but not least, a physician practices competently when he recognizes that he doesn't know a specific answer. Recognizing our limits is a way to avoid serious mistakes.

Well, he felt very relieved by these answers. He declared that he didn't think about this perspective at all before telling him.

On another session, we were talking about two culinary shows. He stated that show 1's presentator has specific element, I answered that I thought it was show 2's presentator. I asked him if I could have a check on Google, he accepted.
I informed him that after checking, both of us are correct.
He was not only happy, but he also completely got it : the matter is not "I must be right at all costs vs shrink must be wrong at all costs", but being sure to have the facts straight before moving on.
Checking that we have our facts straight is more important than rejoicing for being right.

[cincidak]

So well said. Thank you for sharing this. This is exactly how I feel. I see a new psychiatrist, and a new therapist next week and I'm a little anxious. I know that if we don't have a rapport that I can look for new doctors, but I hope things go well. I had to get new doctors because my insurance changed which sucks. Again thank you

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