Posted by Dinah on February 22, 2004, at 16:44:56
In reply to Re: Erika Schmidt, LCSW - therapist self disclosure, posted by Miss Honeychurch on February 22, 2004, at 16:36:46
> A month or so ago My T and I were talking about how there are some therapists who never admit when they cannot help their patient or who want to keep their patients dependent on them for a few reasons (monetary, selfish, etc). He told me he would not hesitate to refer me on if he thought he wasn't helping me. He said this rather clinically and matter of factly which hurt my feelings, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much he was looking out for mine and all of his patients best interests. This made me love him even more.
>I continue to be so impressed by other posters! That would have started an orgy of abandonment concerns that would have consumed the next year of therapy. :) I think I have him convinced that even if he's not willing to offer forever therapy, that at least terminating me would be more trouble than it's worth. I'm not sure if that means he thinks terminating me would do more harm than good... I think I'll choose to think of it that way.
Thanks for your words of support. I really am glad to have the chance to have a guest expert speak to the subject, since it's been a source of concern to me too. I had been trying to figure out how to relay my therapist's comments on the subject without him actually catching sight of this site, which he's promised not to do.
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