A very unfortunate coincidence! New T has same name as person who sexually assaulted me.

[BlueSkiesAhead]

It is actually a great opener. He can’t change his name, but he can help in ways you are yet to learn. It will also show you a great deal of what he is like as a therapist, based on his response, which would likely be caring.

Thanks Teamwork. I think you’re right about how he would react being a good indicator of what he is like as a therapist. I’m still not 100% if I will tell him, I think I might see how the start of the session goes I don’t know. I think talking about it on here has helped a little though.

Avoidance keeps us stuck. Sounds like a great opportunity to work through the trigger. I hope the session goes well.

Thanks Justmehere. I get what you’re saying and I agree that it’s important I should be able to be open. The thought is just a little scary because I haven’t even seen him face to face yet. He doesn’t even know I have any trauma to talk about either as we only talked about anxiety but I’ll see how it goes. Thank you. I hope you’re doing well and thanks for replying.

I’d lay it out there and ask if you could call him by a nick name. Maybe he already has one.

Hi Bkinder, thanks for replying. The name (fullname) is one that is shortened to a nickname in itself so that may be his nickname but I guess that’s an option. I’m starting to think that it’s maybe going to be hard initially but it might be a positive thing in the long run. I can hope!