Do you need your t?

Do you feel you need your particular T or just want them as your t?

Yep. Perfect match for me

Sorry..that is meant to be have not hate in the poll... oops.

I feel I need T. I think I am ok with that, but mostly in my life needing anyone and anything apart from myself and my own resources has been very uncomfortable. So needingT has been hard and uncomfortable at times, but overall it has been very good and healing. Also I think in general my feeling of need has got less intense over time, and I've become better at being nice to myself and take care of myself and accept care from others, so that also lessens the intensity of the needy feelings.

The t I have now is the t I need. I think she is the best t I have worked with over 20+ years. She has the skills to handle my emotional struggles. I wonder what I will do when she retires.

I do not feel I have ever needed therapy or a particular therapist. I chose to try it as a sort of last ditch effort. It did not help for what I hired one of those guys for, but due to timing, my person got very sick and I used the woman/therapy as a place to vent my frustrations etc about western medicine, her family etc. After my person died, I then quit and the woman is now retired.
For the most part I feel therapists are interchangeable.

Truthfully, I want PrevT back. But she’s in another state.

My current T is helpful. I wish I had found CurrentT when I first moved back here seventeen years ago.

No, I do not need a therapist, but I do choose to have one and see her when I have time.

I like my therapist and think overall he's a good match for me. He's the best therapist I've ever had by far. But I'm sure there are other therapists out there who would be just as good for me (though I'd have to search through a lot of mediocre therapists first, I'd guess).

I used to need her. 6+ years in, I no longer feel the super-intense attachment/need/longing that I used to suffer so from. That switch was flipped back in September (broken actually ha because of two little words that she said) and now it's purely a want and I schedule about once a month. I see that time between increasing soon... eventually I just won't go anymore.

I do miss the relationship as it used to feel sometimes, but it's just not such a big deal anymore. I used to think I would never feel this way....

what two words?

No i think i would be ok without a t. It's nice to have someone i can go to and talk things out and have a non judgemental listening ear. Sometimes i need to be challenged how i look at things going on in my life so it's nice to have someone ask me those therapy type questions. A year ago i would said yes i need a therapist to survive.

I put yes. I have searched for others and cannot find anyone that has all the qualifications I need for complex trauma, DID. EMDR, CBT and DBT. Plus takes my insurance.

Seeing my art therapist is the highpoint of my week right now

I probably don't NEED my T but I want her. She's been a better fit for me than any other T I've seen, and we've gone through a lot together. I'm sure someone else could help me with the problems I have now, but I want it to be THIS particular T. So I chose "other."

I have a T but don't know if I need one

I want and need the T I have. I do not hate her. She is an important part of my life and I hope to never lose her.

I want and need the t I have. At this point I don't have many issues but I still need my t as a sounding board and I want to keep her around.

Yes. Right now.

No, I don't need them but I do need a T. My t is serving her purpose. She's not the best therapist I've had but she is satisfactory. She's free since her place gets state funding so I'm not complaining. I could switch ts to possibly find a better one but then I'd have to pay so I'd rather not. I do need a t though because I need someone to talk about traumatic memories with. My family doesn't like to hear about traumatic memories and I can't say I blame them so that is what I use t for. Plus since t is a professional she's probably better at listening anyway.

Does it need to be that specific person? No, though one may make the argument that he's the T I should have. Frankly, I just need a T in general.

I've needed her for 3 years but now I guess it's a want.

I need him like I need water and oxygen.

It's probably more of a want than a need, but want makes it sound more frivolous than it is. I'm kind of like a cockroach in that I can survive most anything and keep going, so there are very few things I need outside of the basics--food, water, shelter, income.

Yes. I need the T I have. I have specific issues that others may be able to help with, but that she specializes in. Not only that, I saw a different T who specialized in my issues and she was terrible.

This T is the first one that I clicked with and who I feel understands me and my issues. I worry that my insistence that she is the only one I want means that eventually something bad will happen and I won't be able to see her and that terrifies me.