Marken,
I don't think you overreacted much, if at all. I'd feel the same. But there is something more going on here. You don't have all the information. It's not likely personal. He could be going through something, too.
The kind of responses you said he gave you in the past don't seem very insightful to me either. I don't think this is a person who will be in this business much longer.
They sound like the kind of message you put on your email when you are gone. Checked out.
Therapy is a high burnout job. I have always been told that psychiatrists will have to build a client base when they start, so they have to do good talk therapy. That done, they decide to farm you out to Ph.D.'s or Master's degrees and just focus on Diagnosis (Dx) and med management (Rx) calling their role "case management."
From what you have described, I assume your T has been advised to start moving toward putting himself out to pasture like the mature therapist and just focusing on case management. He sounds like he's burned out or going through his own problems.
However, he is not doing it right. He has not guided you toward someone who is a better talk therapist, nor has he informed you of his intentions other then to stop helping you. His timing SUCKS, too. In a total jerk kind of way, proving that he's not there when you need him, which is EVERYTHING, let's face it. ;)
From your messages, I doubt anyone would want to stop caring about you, more that they just don't have it in them anymore. Which is sad. I feel sort of sorry for him, but more for you. I identify with your feelings. I'd be pretty angry and hurt.
I'd give you time to grieve that this guy has disappointed you and isn't a good fit for your needs right now.
After you move on, realize that you most likely deserve or need better than him and gift yourself the best you can find. :)
Take care! Welcome!
I don't think you overreacted much, if at all. I'd feel the same. But there is something more going on here. You don't have all the information. It's not likely personal. He could be going through something, too.
The kind of responses you said he gave you in the past don't seem very insightful to me either. I don't think this is a person who will be in this business much longer.
They sound like the kind of message you put on your email when you are gone. Checked out.
Therapy is a high burnout job. I have always been told that psychiatrists will have to build a client base when they start, so they have to do good talk therapy. That done, they decide to farm you out to Ph.D.'s or Master's degrees and just focus on Diagnosis (Dx) and med management (Rx) calling their role "case management."
From what you have described, I assume your T has been advised to start moving toward putting himself out to pasture like the mature therapist and just focusing on case management. He sounds like he's burned out or going through his own problems.
However, he is not doing it right. He has not guided you toward someone who is a better talk therapist, nor has he informed you of his intentions other then to stop helping you. His timing SUCKS, too. In a total jerk kind of way, proving that he's not there when you need him, which is EVERYTHING, let's face it. ;)
From your messages, I doubt anyone would want to stop caring about you, more that they just don't have it in them anymore. Which is sad. I feel sort of sorry for him, but more for you. I identify with your feelings. I'd be pretty angry and hurt.
I'd give you time to grieve that this guy has disappointed you and isn't a good fit for your needs right now.
After you move on, realize that you most likely deserve or need better than him and gift yourself the best you can find. :)
Take care! Welcome!