Posted by Emily Elizabeth on October 28, 2009, at 20:42:33
In reply to Re: Pdoc has lost hope for me HELP! » Deneb, posted by jane d on October 28, 2009, at 19:01:34
Sorry you are feeling so lousy. I thought of a few things while reading your post:
1. You need to clairfy w/ pdoc what she meant. Perhaps there is some misunderstanding.
2. Even if that is what she meant, she is just one person. A different T might feel differently.
3. Pdocs generally receive very little training in psychotherapy. Their specialty is rx'ing meds. A psychologist might be better trained to help you. If she feels she cannot help you any more, that isn't so much a reflection on you, as a reflection on her training. Give some serious thought to whether it is time to move on to a new T. It's painful to move on when you admire/respect/love who you are working with, but think about it, talk about it, post about it.
4. Weren't you recently posting about reducing the frequency of your sessions because you were doing so well? I wonder how that fits in? Perhaps some of this regression is a reaction to reducing frequency of sessions. The solution may be to increase session frequency, but it also may be that isn't what you need. Perhaps your recent reactions (skipping exams, etc.) are a sort of "acting out" to show your pdoc that you can't survive without her. Just a shot in the dark, but worth considering.
Take care of yourself. Remember that you are a valuable person that deserves to be happy.
Best,
EEP.S. In the interest of full disclosure, I AM a psychologist, so I probably am a little biased toward psychologists as therapists. But I do know something about the amount of training that psychologists recieve in conducting therapy compared to pdocs.
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