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We made an appt yesterday for next Thursday. He contacted me tonight to change next Thursday. He’s done this before shortly after another session like a day or two later. I really get that I’m overreacting here cause I’m feeling some intense emotion and it related to my childhood. I saw that...

It’s just him. We schedule our next appt at the end of session. Which was yesterday. He’s not very available in the mornings. And he was late yesterday. Like a few min only but it kinda still speaks to his time management. And he’s been doing this for like 10 years...

Yeah, I have some minor communication issues I guess still. I emailed a new therapist. I don’t want to have to iron out wrinkles with someone who should know to treat people with respect.

I’m not exactly in the habit of saying no. I feel like if I do, he won’t forget and stay pissed off and that will always be there. And yeah, the alternative is skipping that week. Maybe I’ll look for someone else.

I feel like it’s rude when it’s like 3 times, you know? Feeling like not that high of a priority. I’ll have to say that.

I can’t say no. That’d be rude. Like I get that it’s rude for him to ask but it’d be rude to say no. Yeah. I know how that sounds...

So have only seen him 4 times but I like him a lot. He’s asked me to change time/day like 3 times lol. So I’m not upset yet about it but I think I will be if it continues? Maybe? Maybe not? Therapy is really casual right now and I could move on or I could say something. I would feel kinda...

You’ll talk with someone first to find therapists that can help. You’ll have 3 to choose from. You can pick the option to hear from them once or twice a day m-f. The twice is nice. You can write as much as you want at anytime. They won’t tell you when they reply because they don’t want you to...

Defensive much? I was trying to get you to see that you’re making yourself suffer over something that’s completely normal. But if you’re gonna get all defensive then no one can help you.

There’s a reason they ask that. And it’s mainly because people have a hard time with it. Why do you think you should be perfect there? You’re in THERAPY!!! It’s specifically for people who have a tough time with things. Like that’s why it exists.

5 and a half hours of travel?! Omg! There’s no way you can drive home? Why not? Can you just spend some time at the end grounding yourself? What is the travel time driving? Can you take Uber or something? I’m assing you’re taking the bus or something and making multiple connections so if...

Brilliant responses already. I just want to restate this is not because of you. Bravo to you for sharing hard things!! Do it again with your new t.

If you don’t want to do it then don’t. There’s no gun to your head. A lot of people find seeing the lessons in bad moments to be really empowering so I think that’s all he’s trying to do. If you think even trying to find lessons will send you down a dark place you can’t ever come back from then...

So your t researched your symptoms/conditions to help you or used your example for research? I mean, don’t they all do that in some way? That’s how they learn to help someone else, right? So your therapy is done but you’re holding onto something in the records so you continue to suffer? I...

I wanted something from my therapist’s heart as well. I asked her if she would write a few things for me to remember in low times. I didn’t think it was hard, just find a few lines based on our 2 and a half years of working together. And she had very generic things that I had to beg her to write...

You say “doing his best would’ve been to be honest with me”. So it’s safe to say this is your belief. YOUR belief. What is HIS thought on it? You can go ahead and take your thoughts only and suffer but if you don’t take into account how others think and remember everyone thinks about things in...

Transference and not reality with the t. If you go somewhere else these feelings will come up again. Sounds like your husband did his best to help you. Telling you about the debt wouldn’t made you feel so guilty and awful when you were already going through so much. You said you feel like your...

Hey also I used the talkspace app to deal with the transference near the end of therapy and it was so convenient to have when my t unexpectedly said she was leaving. I don’t know if that’s something you could do. It was pretty inexpensive and so nice to get daily replies to my thoughts and know...

I don’t have “therapy” animals. I’ve always had pets but never for that specific purpose. Animals are just incredible and dogs are all love. I also have a chiweenie who’s my best bud.

I went through this. And made it through. It’s so hard, I feel for you. It’ll be a lot of emotion and it’ll be rough. Stay with it, allow yourself to grieve. And after awhile it won’t hurt as much as often. Something that helped me was writing to my old t. It was super sad because I knew she...

I used it for a few months. Was helpful. Talked a lot about the transference with my t at the time and found that especially helpful and she also helped me set up a list of values and goals to work on. She was great to bounce ideas off of. All in all, I really liked it. Didn’t really replace the...

To me it sounds like there’d be someone in the room so they could watch the entire process. Which I’m guessing is why your t asked you. Just say you changed your mind.

I’m happy for you guys! Yay!! :)

Yay!!! Awesome work! I’m so glad to hear this!

Haha that’s funny! I briefly saw 2 therapists that were pretty out there in their beliefs but I personally want to tell my most troubled stuff to someone down-to-earth. Even if I believe in crazy stuff, I want my t to bring me back to reality I guess. I have a psycho friend that helps me expand...