Posted by Wittgensteinz on December 2, 2008, at 13:33:59
In reply to My T is retiring ... this month, posted by jouezmoi on December 1, 2008, at 19:36:09
I'm so sorry, this is an awful blow. Actually I'm a bit lost for words.
Can I ask how long you have been seeing your current therapist? Termination is a very important part of therapy - it's a process and takes time in itself. Telling in the penultimate session that she's retiring gives you little to no way of processing what's happening. Is there any way you can ask for her to give you some extra sessions in the meantime or to continue treating you for a few months longer in order to help you through the separation and termination. It just doesn't seem fair otherwise. We trust our therapists, and a bit part of that trust is that they won't leave us.
I'm very sorry for you. I hope you can come to come kind of alternative. It also seems odd that she assumes you will return to your previous therapist - almost like she has made that decision for you. Does she realise how important she is to you - that she is like a surrogate mother? If not, can you express this somehow?
Witti
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