Posted by Emily Elizabeth on August 25, 2005, at 17:21:03
In reply to would it be OK to see a friend's therapist?, posted by JenStar on August 25, 2005, at 0:33:59
I vote not to do it unless there is no other option. A friend and I ended up assigned to the same counselor at the university when we were in college. It wasn't a huge problem, but it was uncomfortable. My friend felt funny mentioning situations that involved me b/c I have a unique name and the T would know who she was talking abt etc. The worst thing was that the T was pushing me to terminate when I didn't want to and pushing my friend to stay in therapy when she didn't want to. The T also wasn't that good, I guess.
On the other hand, I asked my current T to get me some reccommendations for my ex-boyfriend. That went really well. Good T's know other good T's (and who should be avoided). I would see if your friend could get some names.
Best,
EE
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