Posted by emmanuel98 on December 21, 2009, at 21:22:04
In reply to Re: Sharing my story (Very Long Post), posted by emilyp on December 21, 2009, at 18:34:10
This may not be what you want to hear, but it's my understanding that, among therapists, it is considered unethical for a T (Ada) who has been called in on a consultation to continue to see the patient they consulted with. Even if that patient decides, on the basis of the consultation, to dump their original T, the consultant is not supposed to take the patient on. I'm not sure why this is but this is what I have always been told. I also think it is a very bad idea to see two T's unless one of them has a very limited role, like doing DBT or CBT to supplement dynamic therapy. When that happens (I see two T's -- one for dynamic therapy and one for DBT) it is usually the T's themselves who arrange it and figure out who is ultimately responsible in the event of a crisis. This is to avoid conflicts but also to avoid what you are experiencing -- two intense transference reactions. I think you need to work on your transference issues with the original T. That's hard and painful enough without adding transference issues with Ada to the mix.
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