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My therapist terminated our treatment
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Oct 13, 2022 | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
@frances007. You probably know that mental health therapists have a variety of graduate degrees and licenses - social workers, psychologists, marriage and family counselors. All of them are trained to give a reasonable amount of time if they terminate therapy. Termination could be something like the therapist is ill and needs time off, childbirth, or the therapist is moving away. Whatever the reason they talk with the client about it and give them a time frame. Then they give the client a list of other therapists. In your case in sounds like the therapist may have felt she did not have the training or education as @gingerw wrote to continue with you. I can understand that you did not see it that way and felt you were making progress with her and felt a connection. She gave you some referrals to other therapists when she terminated your sessions so it doesn't sound like she did anything unethical.
As for talking about herself, some therapists do that and some do not. It depends on their background and training. I've had therapists that said almost nothing about themselves and others that I felt talked about themselves too much. This is something to talk with a therapist about when and if you want to.
I am hopeful that you will find another therapist that you can work with. Perhaps during your first few sessions you can interview the therapist to make sure the "fit" is good for you. What do you think about that?
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Thank you very much.
My therapist did not give me a time frame, but rather sent me a message after our second to the last visit that she did not have the experience to treat me, which I now accept and understand. I was simply upset by the timing. I did note that she suggested I see a psychologist and I will contact someone at the phone number she provided. I currently have Home Health coming out to see me for PT, nutrition, RN and also a social worker came out. I discussed the therapy issue with her and she found it odd that my therapist would terminate our relationship especially since I had found it so helpful, She suggested I ask my therapist if there were other reasons why she was terminating the relationship, so I did ask her the question. This caused her obvious discomfort, I could tell this by her body language etc because we were doing a video visit for the second time. Usually we just spoke on the phone. In any event, I will take a break and move on when I am ready to do so. I have trust issues, and I had placed a lot of trust in the relationship I had with this therapist and now I have to start over again. I understand it is a process and in the long run everything will turn out the way it is supposed to.
In all honesty, I did call her out regarding her credentials, and she did not like that at all. But, it's all good and I will move on. Thank you very much for your support in this matter,