[googley]

I know that I am going to be moving in Aug and having to leave my T and pdoc and find new ones because I am going to grad school. I feel like I have already pulled away from my T to try and protect myself from the pain of having to leave. I feel like since I decided to leave I have felt that I have to protect myself. I feel overwhelmed and that I could spend the next couple of months just talking about my anxiety about the move. But right before the chance to go to school arrived I felt like we were getting into some important stuff. Now I just feel so scared and anxious about moving. I can't seem to get my head on straight. I feel like I am going to be wasting this time between now and when I leave. While I know that there will have to be some time for discussions about termination and the move, I don't want to spend the whole time doing that. But I already feel like I have seperated (something much too easy for me to do,) from my T. Any advice?

[phoenix7]

as soon as I found my t was leaving I started doing exactly the same thing - I took a step back - disconnected and put my shields up to protect myself just as you are doing - its only human to do that much much harder to stay open and attached when you know the relationship is coming to an end.

If your major prob at the moment is the anxiety over the move its ok to talk just about that - you deal with whats bothering you most at the time and you prob couldnt focus on anything else until thats dealt with - I know I cant - jmo - I hope it works out for you - can you discuss how you feel with your T ? that might help

[mixedup_emotions]

I feel that what you're doing is quite natural...an instinct to protect yourself because of what's to come. Perhaps you could find a new T now and start a dialogue by phone to get things going sooner? That way, you can deal with your existing T to get through the anxiety of the move...and continue to work on your other issues with your new T. Just a thought. Not sure how possible that would be.