Posted by winsome on July 17, 2013, at 4:41:45
In reply to Re: second therapist for help with primary therapist, posted by Willful on July 16, 2013, at 11:27:11
Thanks for your insights. I do have unresolved feelings regarding my therapist. He is not moving away but closing his practice. It was announced via letter and will happen in about 2 months. He gave no hint this was in the works. He always said he wanted to do therapy forever and still feels that way. He is taking a more administrative job. He is doing this because of the new requirements by insurance companies to do massive paperwork on each patient. I is too much for him.
Having abandonment issues and difficulty with trust, I feel devastated. I feel, for him to so suddenly spring this on his many patients, that he is not the caring, involved person I believed him to be. He is the only psychiatrist within a wide geographical area who does therapy. There are few, if any, other choices. His patients are confused, unsure of what to do for their treatment. In the short time left, he cannot help each find another therapist.
I am lucky that he will see me at all. I am very glad he will. My problem is he seems not to be the person I have known for 12 years.I think I am grieving this loss. It comes in waves and I now am angry. I am afraid to mention any of this to him for fear he won't continue to see me. How can I be in therapy with this fear? I can be thrown out at anytime.
Unhappy
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