Re-starting Therapy Or Continue?

[Sideways]

They aren't necessarily exclusive options.

I've got 3 on my treatment team: treating psychiatrist (meds & hospital), psychotherapist (also a psychiatrist- would act as my treating psych, but I personally need to keep the treatment stuff separate from the head-crunching stuff, so I can walk into my psychotherapist's office, talk about the hard shite hard core, and leave it there), and my T (a community-based mental healh nurse - he keeps me alive on the day to day, debriefs the psychotherapy stuff, and is my day to day contact when I'm crashing).

It sounds like overkill, but I'm in recovery. I work hard at it. I consider "getting well" to be my job right now. Having the extra T, who I can just say "things are shite" to, without having to feel like we're 'working on it' is what makes it possible for me to handle psychotherapy.

If you have the resources, consider keeping this one on board, at least while you get started with someone else doing the real hard work. More support is always a good thing, and you'll know if it becomes unnecessary to keep all 3 on the team.

 

[expectingbetter]

Thank you for letting us know how the things are going on.
I think too that 30minutes are extremely too short time for anything to be done.
I have sessions which last 60 minutes and I manage to speak about such few things for such short time.
If the finances are not the issue, why do you need to decide right now whether you are going to leave current T or not?
Why don't you try for a while having double sessions, with your current T as well as with a specialist, only in order to give yourself enough time to decide whether you are comfortable enough with starting work with completely new person and also to give more time to your loving T to see if she is going to change anything in her approach once she knew for your diagnosis.
I wish you all the best!

 

[HappyJock]

Thank you for letting us know how the things are going on.
I think too that 30minutes are extrem...

I think it's mostly for peace of mind. I like the bandaid method. I either make the hard choice now or usually avoid the slow peel. For me, only making the bond stronger and then having to switch would only negatively impact me, I think. I've also never been in a situation where it was seemingly simple but complex in the long run. The specialist wouldn't see me if she knows I'm with my current T. It's nothing personal, but she doesn't know the other person's method and would prefer for me not to get mixed advice, just as it happened with the psychiatrist and then me going to her and her seeing how innacurate the diagnosis was. So if it comes to the specialist, then I'd only see her. Yeah. Tell me about it. 30 minutes is way, way, way too short to get anything truly done and I'm just not sure I want to go back. I feel like my heart is making the choice to go back to this T. Because I like her. Not because my brain is saying it, because my brain says that it doesn't think she's right at all for all of the things I have going on. I am just afraid to leave someone who is so... So... Nice.

 

[joeylittle]

I am just afraid to leave someone who is so... So... Nice.

Leave. She can't help you with your mental health. It seems really clear. So, if it gives you strength in any way to hear a voice saying 'leave' - then you can hear mine. It's not about whether she's a good or bad person, or even a good or bad therapist. More like needing to learn to speak italian, and ending up with a teacher who can teach you french. Get with the person who stands the strongest chance of helping you.

 

[GardenGirl0214]

Wow, 30 minutes??? I see my therapist for 45 minutes, which sometimes seems too short.

I will most likely have 2 therapists soon - my current one and an EMDR therapist. I still need to decide about EMDR, but I'm leaning towards it.