Posted by Speaker on December 10, 2003, at 22:17:00
I read my file today from several years of therapy...it was very difficult. The difficulty was due to a totally different reason than I thought would happen. I knew seeing some of the things in writing that we had discussed would be hard but that isn't what shocked me. As I read the chart I felt very much like a "client" instead of a person. Since I have been in therapy for several years I felt like I had a relationship with the therapist. Reading the chart is so matter of fact and so clinical that any personal feeling I had felt between the T and myself seemed to be just a manipulative ploy to get me to talk. I know that isn't absolute truth but it sure feels clinical and frustrating. I know the first thing I'm going to do Friday with my new therapist is ask to see what he charted about the two sessions we have had. Do you think I am overeacting or that it is reasonable to ask to see my file so soon?
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