Is it weird to contact a previous therapist who moved away about 10 years ago? The contact would just be to say what a profound difference working with them had on your life. Is that weird? Plus it would involve having to google their current address in another state, which seems strange. Yet I want to do it. What do you think?

EDIT: Yikes. I didn’t realize this was such a popular topic, then I read through some of the other threads. Lol sorry ‘bout that.

[DP_2017]

Go for it... they may not answer but it's worth a shot. I'd do it. No different than contacting old teachers, which I've done as have others I've known

Originally Posted by DP_2017

Go for it... they may not answer but it's worth a shot. I'd do it. No different than contacting old teachers, which I've done as have others I've known

Yeah! I think I might. I don’t particularly want a response. I just want them to know they really helped someone.

I did that for a T I saw for a year. I'd last seen her 4 years ago. I wasn't looking for a response but she sent a lovely reply saying that it helped her to know she had indeed helped me. I was a difficult case for her as we uncovered I had complex trauma and she wasn't a trauma T. Still, she meant a lot to me as she was the first therapist I had bonded with.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I contacted my ex-T from 14 years ago. She had no problem with that.

I'd say go for it. So what if you researched them a little. It's how you find people nowadays.

Originally Posted by IRememberMyFirstBee

Is it weird to contact a previous therapist who moved away about 10 years ago? The contact would just be to say what a profound difference working with them had on your life. Is that weird? Plus it would involve having to google their current address in another state, which seems strange. Yet I want to do it. What do you think?

EDIT: Yikes. I didn’t realize this was such a popular topic, then I read through some of the other threads. Lol sorry ‘bout that.

Im sure they'd be happy to know that.
Are you questioning your own motives for doing this?
I mean, do you think it's partly because you'd like to work with them again?
Either way. I don't see it as a problem.
Go for it.

[nottrustin]

I would think they would enjoy hearing good news.

I have recently considered it. Back in college I saw a T for a few months. We had a good relationship and she was the first T I ever saw after early child abuse by bio dad.

We only saw each other for a few months but because of the positive experience it allowed me to consider T years later.

Recently I found out she will be doing continuing education th ion classes on ethics and the law in our area. It would be free for Emdr T...so I highly suspect she will attend.

[SlumberKitty]

I don't think its weird. I think it's nice.

Originally Posted by Trace62

Are you questioning your own motives for doing this?
I mean, do you think it's partly because you'd like to work with them again?

Those are really good questions!
No, I’m not really questioning why I want to do it — I just don’t want to do something that might make them uncomfortable. We are now several states apart, so there’s not an issue of me wanting to reopen a door to working together again. I think it’s just that the 10 year mark has made me think about my life and the changes over the last decade and how they helped me make those changes.