Posted by mair on January 12, 2005, at 17:01:35
In reply to Re: pdocs who do therapy, posted by CareBear04 on January 12, 2005, at 11:43:21
For about 2 years I did therapy 2x a week with my pdoc who also managed my meds. In retrospect that didn't work as well for me as my situation now - a PhD for therapy and a pdoc for meds. Pdocs love to talk about meds, and I'd get frustrated over therapy sessions which never seemed to get beyond a discussion about meds. Also, I actually think he didn't have the best perspective about what was working and what wasn't, because he never seemed to suggest changes when things probably really weren't working.
My current T tends to be the person who best spots when maybe I need to make medication adjustments. Maybe it also has something to do with age and orientation. My old pdoc was a classically trained psychoanalyst although he was doing basic psychodynamic therapy with me, as is my current T. The difference is that I think he was trained to give the patient very little feedback, so I don't think of him as being a particularly good communicator. My current T doesn't have to think about the meds stuff as much so she probably pays more attention to how I'm actually doing. It's also like having 2 people keeping an eye on things which seems better to me also.
This is just my experience.
Mair
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