Posted by fallsfall on January 2, 2004, at 18:06:48
In reply to Re: When to End Therapy? Dx. PTSD » fallsfall, posted by Speaker on January 2, 2004, at 9:32:45
The reason I left my old therapist is a long story. If you really want to know, I'll find the posts and you can have all the gory details.
The short version is that I was in a transference with her where I thought she was mad at me. This caused me to panic and do everything I could think of to be the perfect patient. She was a CBT therapist, and not particularly interested in transference. Things got worse and I was in a lot of pain. I was very dependent. She took my case to her supervision group and they said that if I wasn't less dependent in a couple of months that she should make me find a new therapist. Of course, this panicked me even more. But once I actually thought about getting a different therapist and finally I had some hope. It was so hard to leave her (it is still hard - we are working on this in therapy now). But I am now moving (hopefully forward) in therapy.
My new therapist is Psychodynamic (Psychology of the Self). He knows all about transference. It is quite different.
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