Posted by Dinah on July 17, 2013, at 9:04:07
In reply to Re: second therapist for help with primary therapist, posted by winsome on July 17, 2013, at 4:41:45
I so understand what you're feeling!
Hang in there. Neither of you will feel the same for a while. He's dealing with grief and confusion too, I'm sure. And perhaps, like my therapist, he tends to become defensive in situations where he knows he's hurting people.
If you hold on through the confusion, he may become the therapist you once knew. Or he may not. You may feel about him the same way, or you may not.
One good thing is, that if he fails to become *your* therapist again, you'll have the time to come to terms with it and not really care what happens to your therapy.
Getting a therapist for therapy isn't an awful idea. Just be aware that you may not hear what you want to hear. I remember my interim therapist told me something along the lines that he might come back, and he might be like the therapist I knew, but I will always remember that he *can* do this and *did* do this.
I think it was a curse, rather than a premonition, because it was all too true. I never have felt quite the same about him. But I'm not altogether sure that's a bad thing.
I hate change as much as you do. But sometimes no matter how much we fight it, change happens.
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