Posted by Poet on March 5, 2005, at 15:12:23
In reply to therapy anxiety, posted by sallyb on March 5, 2005, at 12:11:36
Hi sallyb,
I guess after 2 1/2 years I am an experienced therapy patient, but I struggle each session with opening up.
Reveal the parts of your 'history' that you are most comfortable sharing. Talking about things that you want to keep buried isn't easy and your T should understand that. Some people can just walk in and blurt it out, some people can't. Trust takes time to build. Your T should understand that, too.
What you say in therapy and any notes taken should be completely confidential. Your company may receive billing statements since they are paying for it (like my health insurance company does)but no notes or diagnosis or anything else personal.
My T has my written permission to talk to my (now former, I fired him, long story) pdoc and vice versa. But both said they would not talk to each other without telling me first.
The only exception to the can't tell anyone rule is if you say you are going to hurt yourself or someone else. Then your therapist can notify your family, and anyone else who can help you not to hurt yourself. This happened to me last year when I told her I was going to kill myself. It's a good exception to confidentiality.
Let us know how it went. You have support here. This board is for everybody.
Poet
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