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Therapist considering discharging me

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@naturegirl5

@frouke There are many different reasons or possibilities about what happened and given what you have shared I understand why you feel betrayed. Perhaps you did get that appointment quickly because the psychiatrist recognized your surname and got you in quickly. However, until you opened up to the psychiatrist he may not have known any details about your traumatic experiences and how these connected to your brother.

In my view, telling you that he recognized your surname and that he is socially connected to your brother should bring up the following points for discussion. He decides he cannot see you again because of this social connection--this is the clinically sound and ethical move to make. He tells you this so that you will understand why and then refers you to another psychiatrist. When he makes the referral he lets the other psychiatrist know why he cannot see you without providing any details. I assure you this can be done and I have seen it happen in my community.

You have a lot of trauma in your past and I imagine that talking with this psychiatrist triggered all of that to come up. Do you have a therapist you can talk with about all of this?

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I definitely agree with what you said, I did leave out some finer details in my story, it was just too lengthy. I am very sensitive and will most assuredly react badly to this event, my expectations were high and hopeful, he concluded the meeting with recommending that I take a certain medication and added that if I don’t he will not see me again…my referral clearly states that I am phobic to meds which doesn’t make it any easier. I felt his words were harsh and unkind, at the same time he was leading me out of the office. I’ve tried to be objective and also spoke to several trusted people who know me well enough, in all cases they strongly advised that I should not return to this person. No matter how I look at it, his reason for bringing me in was primarily more based on curiosity, my surname is unique in this country and he said what were the chances that you’re not related. He really should not have picked up my case and even if he did so to be sure then it would have been more decent and ultimately ethical on his part to give me the choice of what I wanted to do, thank for your input, I do appreciate it.