Posted by raisinb on March 15, 2009, at 16:15:11
In reply to Negative transference, posted by wittgensteinz on March 11, 2009, at 7:24:10
Witti,
I know I am late to this thread, but wanted to add my comments. I agree strongly with Lucie--there's only so much we can put into difficult relationships. The pdoc is there to prescribe you needed medication--nothing more. I got a pdoc for the first time this summer, and she kind of chewed me out around October. I thought seriously about finding a new one, and she's still "on probation" with me.Also, I think Seldom is right--at least in the U.S. When I started with my pdoc, she mentioned signing a release so that she could discuss me with my therapist. Despite both of them being on board with this, I declined to sign the form. Privacy laws concerning mental health are very serious here, and clinicians do not violate them. They have not talked. I think this is probably your right, as well, even though you are in a different country. Check out what you signed when you started with this man. I'm guessing it was a fairly standard "consent to treatment" form, and that does not allow them to communicate with other docs.
Take care, and get rid of this guy. We can go too far in considering all of our issues "transference" i.e., blaming our perceptions on ourselves. I really don't think this is you.
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