Psycho-Babble Psychology | about psychological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Therapist ruined my life

Posted by spreeville on March 29, 2004, at 19:22:06

I'm curious if anyone else here has had any bad experiences with therapy?

I've suffered from social anxiety disorder my entire life. To make a long story short, I was going to therapy for over a year with the same therapist, which is long for me, I usually switch therapists often. Anyway, a time came last year when I really needed to talk to him, and/or see him. But for some reason, he completely abandoned me. He no longer acknowledged my existance. I left him message after message on his voicemail, but he never returned any of my calls. I even ran into him, and when he saw me he started walking the other way, away from me. I even spoke to his supervisor and she said she was going to have him call me, but he still never got in contact with me. I feel like such an idiot. All those times I practically begged him just to talk to me, I must have sounded like a fool to him.

When he just turned his back on me, it destroyed every single ounce of trust I ever had for anybody, not just him. He was the only therapist who ever helped me with my problems, but I never got a chance to thank him for making my life a little better. I just don't understand why a therapist (out of all people) would do something like this to a client. I am a student studying psychology, and I know that this is not something considered normal behavior in a therapist, anyone with common sense would know that. I still do not know why he did what he did. For months I've been tempted to go to his office and ask him 'why'. I don't think he, or anyone else understands the damage this has done to me mentally and emotionally. I need closure, but I'm not sure what to do, or how to get it.

Any suggestions?


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Psychology | Framed

poster:spreeville thread:330030
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20040327/msgs/330030.html