Posted by 10derheart on December 17, 2004, at 23:59:15
In reply to How did y'all lose your therapists?, posted by Dinah on December 17, 2004, at 16:19:52
Here's my story....
My T. was the chief of psychiatry at the military base where I was stationed. He retired from the military and moved across country in July '04. Ironically, I retired about the same time, but stayed put in the same area. We first met in Feb '02 and I saw him 1x a month just to check meds and keep tabs on therapy I was doing w/other staff (one LCSW, one MSW). In Oct '03, due to many changes at clinic, he asked if I'd like to just see him for everything. By that time, I was so far gone into transference, romantic, maternal, you name it (yes, a bit of erotic, too {still blushing}) in a bad way with him, so I naturally said, "yes." Not to mention that fact he's a wonderful T., skill-wise, so to speak. He also facilitated a group I went to 2x a month for a year.
Wow, when I spell the timeline out like that, and all the contact, no wonder I was - and am - so deeply attached. This termination experience has been the most painful, growth-inducing, awful, wonderful, terrible thing I can ever recall going through. As some of you have heard, over and over and over.... sorry, I'm a broken record. Despite the fact I've had the joy of an email connection to support me for 3 months now, I still ache for him on a regular basis. Emailing has made it both better and worse. But I wouldn't change a thing, so far...um, except, of course, to have kept him here forever and have forever therapy...- 10DH
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