[Merlin]

I see both a T and a pdoc, but I tend to think of my pdoc first. I think it might be because when I was in criss when I first started seeing him and we worked through that together, going once per week until his vacation. He literally altered his schedule for me for a while, working lunches. He also talked me through serious rapid cycling and panic resulting from it. I call him in emergencies. I just started seeing T again a few months ago and am very slow to attach and I have been with pdoc for 4 years now. I just thought it was interesting to note though.

[Brian37]

my psychiatrist does very little psychotherapy..........hes pretty blunt and I cant see him doing much more than prescribing medication and telling his patients: " life's a *****, deal with it"

my therapist is the one I confide in and spill my guts too..............

Actually Merlin, I used to have a p-doc who I considered my T. She worked with me weekly when I was in crisis and helped me through a hospitalization. She liked and was trained to "do therapy" so we spent alot of time together. It was not "15 mintues and NEXT"

I really gained alot from her.

I don't think it is that odd. Some p-docs would love to do therapy, but unfortunately insurance does not cover the price that they need. Therefore, they are subjected to doing medication management.

[splitimage]

My pdoc does talk therapy too - I always see her for 50 minutes. And she manages my meds, and she saw me through a long and difficult hospitilzation. But I still think of my psychologist as my primary T because I've been seeing her the longest, and I see her weekly whereas I only see my pdoc once a month.

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[Merlin]

There are so few pdocs here. I'm sure mine would like to do therapy. Although I think I exasperate mine. He said I'm "a tough nut to crack." He knows me well enough to know the "nut" part wont bother me, but I'm not sure I like being an enigma to him.

[PsyChris]

I'm glad to here there are still pdocs that do therapy!

Insurance companies and the medical field really are pushing them into medication management. Med managing is a difficult task on its own. Medical school does not include therapy training for pdocs. They have to get post-grad education if they want to gain therapeutic knowledge.