Posted by Speaker on November 24, 2003, at 0:16:24
In reply to Re: Therapists who terminate - a question » judy1, posted by Dinah on November 23, 2003, at 19:38:14
I have shared here that my therapist just terminated me due to being put on probation for a dual relationship (non-sexual). I have been his client for many years and like you Dinah I think it was five years before I really trusted him. I have three sessions left...eeeek! My self talk is on a teter-totter when up its...well I have learned and worked through a lot and I will be fine...when down its total panic. I thought I had finally found a safe place...my therapist now tells me I have many safe places. It gets messy because I know he feels bad I'm leaving so I don't want to make him feel worse. He keeps telling me I need to get another therapist...is that to make him feel better or is that really what he thinks is best...he knows how long it takes me to trust. I thought I could go to someone to work through the termination and my feelings...then if I ever really get to the point of crisis I at least know someone. But I am mad I have to pay for someone to help me because the person I have been paying to help me caused so much pain. I went to my psychiatrist last week for a med ck. (don't like her at all, but only a 15 min. appt i can get through) when I told her I wasn't sleeping she said I was obsessing! I thought I was grieving...I have a lot of practice in grief. It makes me so mad that I pay for someone to be so stupid. Well, I am rambling...sorry. I go for my appt. tomorrow and I have a list of what we have worked through since I started. It is a list of 68 items...its hard to be mad but it makes me very sad and untrusting of this process. Thanks for sharing you guys I thought I was the only one that would feel this bad.
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