Posted by allisonm on August 7, 2002, at 16:21:18
In reply to Just read an article on dependency on therapist, posted by judy1 on July 17, 2002, at 13:47:17
I only called my pdoc/therapist once in an emergency. It was the day that my husband had told the marriage counselor that he was not willing to work on the marriage and she said that then there was nothing she could do and divorce was imminent. I drove 2.5 hours to spend the weekend with my mom (a chronic alcoholic, but my mom just the same). When I got there she was drunk on the kitchen floor and couldn't get up because her broken collarbone was still healing (she'd fallen in a drunken stupor a few weeks before). I thought my brain was melting. So I called my pdoc's emergency number and he called me right back and helped me find a safe place to go. The only other times I call are if a new med is driving me up the wall and I can't wait till the next appointment. I leave messages. I'll also leave messages if something big has happened (mother died, boyfriend cheated on me, broke up with boyfriend, etc.) so he'll know and can adjust his thinking before the next session. BTW, he did call me back when I left the message about my mom's death to see if I was OK and had people nearby.
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