Posted by Fallsfall on August 21, 2005, at 13:04:24
In reply to Starting over again/Missing my ex-T, posted by fairywings on August 20, 2005, at 21:53:48
I want so badly for you to come clean my house!!!
I quit with my therapist but still see my pdoc whose office is across the hall from hers. I was terrified sitting in the waiting room. So I know how you feel. It has been two years now, and I am OK seeing her now, but it did take a while.
Do you happen to know (or can you find out) what hours your old therapist works? Is it possible to see the new therapist when the old one isn't there? A short term solution might be to arrive a few minutes late, so that old therapist will have already picked up his next client by the time you get there (but don't cheat yourself out of therapy time). Maybe your new therapist has an idea (a different place for you to wait until you feel more comfortable?).
You didn't see the old one for a particularly long time (I saw my old therapist for 8 1/2 years), so he should be OK with that it just didn't feel like a good fit for you. Talk to your new therapist about this, but I think that it is reasonable to expect that your old therapist can take care of himself, and you don't have to feel guilty about taking care of yourself.
When I see her now, she says hi and asks very sincerely how I am. And I can honestly tell her that I'm doing great!
So, will you come clean my house?
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