Posted by RealMe on September 29, 2007, at 0:17:19
In reply to Re: Hearing Ts give presentations » RealMe, posted by twinleaf on September 28, 2007, at 22:26:23
Not if I was there too; if he yelled, I would yell right back at him and tell him he had a lot of nerve talking about termination. Of course I wouldn't mention you or anyone in particular. I can take on the best of them. I have had to learn to do that when testifying in court. I love it when attorneys try to mess with me. I laugh inside, but I have to stay focused and be appropriate.
Fact of the matter is, if you were up front, you would probably really unnerve him. I know that though my T said he was happy I would be there to cheer him on when he presented, it was sort of uncomfortable to see him nervous. He was presenting to a group of around 30--attorneys, psychiatrists, and about three of us were psychologists. I never said anything to him about it, but later I thought, well at least he can be human.
My previous T is not an analyst. He specializes in consultation-liason psychiatry, and I went to him initially because my body was falling apart so to speak. He was not even very good about that as the first thing he said to me was that I did not have a fatal disease or fatal medical problem which I knew, but I was never sick, and all of a sudden I found myself taking around 8 or 9 pills a day plus two inhalers, one twice per day, and one once per day. I had to have four surgeries that year, and I still keep saying, this is not me. Well he got better, but when I started to talk about csa, he should have nicely said I need to work with someone else. Instead, he was narcissistic enough to think he could work with me himself. After all, he has published quite a bit, and he was head of the mental health division of the AMA, etc etc etc. I think I have said that my currnet analyst says he thinks I did the ECT as a "gift" for my previous T as I wanted to try to do what he wanted me to do. That is really sick. So, no I only saw this guy for two years and usually once to twice per week. I still miss him in some ways, and I find that interesting. He had his good points, but he certainly was triggered by some things that I said like that anyone who administers ECT is sadistic. He used to be an ECT doc. He was also pissed when I told him my pulmonary doctor and a neurologist expressed concerns about my doing ECT and why would I be willing to potentially harm myself cognitively and throw away 23 years of education. I know I won't be totally okay cognitively from the ECT, but I am in pretty good shape anymore. I sometimes can't remember if I already said something, and so I hope people forgive me if I repeat myself. I journal daily so I don't forget the big picture. I guess I better get to bed. Four reports to do tomorrow.
So, if your old analyst started yelling at you, he would only embarrass himself, and he would be too proud to do that. The jerk. I can tell you that when I was doing my postdoc training at Menninger's, one of the nastiest people there was Walt Menninger. He was such an *ss and did not care that 90+% of the staff at Menninger's did not want to go to Houston, Texas and affilate with Baylor. So, he did it anyway, and Menninger's lost all of their senior analysts. I remember going to a graduation after I had graduated and saying to him why not affliate with KU med center as the feeling was that Menninger's would not survive as free standing. I think they could have if they had pushed the Topeka Psychoanalytic Institute to operate on it's own. Menninger's suppported it 100%. But Walt's response to me was, "Why would we affilate with KU? They aren't ranked in anything." At the time, Menninger's would go back and forth with McLean in terms of No 1 or No 2 ranking. What a jerk he was. The State of Kansas was even willing to give them a huge grant to stay, but Walt was set to go. So, I immagine Dr. Karl Menninger, Dr. Will Menninger, and Dr. C.F. Menninger (sons and father) who started Menninger's in the 20's are flipping in their graves. Dr. Walt is one of Dr. Will's sons. Enough. I won't be able to go to sleep if I think too much about that jerk. AGGH. So, goodnight for now.
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