Posted by fallsfall on October 25, 2003, at 12:58:03
In reply to Re: I had a dream, posted by Dinah on October 25, 2003, at 12:23:20
I think that the usual recommendation is that if you are going to read therapy notes that you should read them with a therapist (not necessarily the therapist who wrote them). The explanation I've heard is that the notes can be very dry and unempathetic, and that us fragile patients might get the wrong idea. At some point I want a copy of mine from my first therapist - in a sealed envelope. The reason is that when I was in 5th grade I saw a psychiatrist for 1 1/2 years, but she had retired and burned her records before I contacted her, so no one knows what was going on then. If I get my recent records, I might have to store them somewhere else, I don't know if I could trust myself not to just read them.
Has he let you read anything? She used to read last week's summary for me sometimes, so I know what kind of stuff she put in.
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