My therapist terminated our treatment

Posted by frances007 @frances007, Oct 11, 2022

I had been having teletherapy since May after my dog died this past March. Her passing brought up many issues including my health issue pertaining what may be an autoimmune disease, weight loss, the loss of people in my life I thought were my friends, who began acting strange because my appearance had drastically changed. My therapist mentioned about 3 weeks ago that she did not have experience treating people with chronic illness, however today during our last session it became clear to me that my chronic illness was not the sole factor in her terminating what I thought was a very therapeutic relationship. While I was initially saddened by her decision to terminate therapy, I found myself angry after today's final session as it was clear she was having counter transference issues. While she will refer me to someone with experience treating those with a chronic illness, I really wish she had told me sooner rather than later about her "lack" of experience. I was up front with her from the very beginning what I was facing, how afraid I was and how I felt my doctors were not being as helpful as they should or could have been in treating or discussing my condition with me. I currently have home health coming to my place for PT, nurse check ups, nutritionist and also a social worker. I discussed with the social worker what my therapist had said about her lack of experience, but that I had felt I was really gaining a lot of ground through my work with this person. While she will refer me to someone else, I wonder if I should just take a break and give myself some time to find the care I need, continue to focus on the positive and things of that nature. In all honesty, I was fairly blown away when she told me she was terminating our therapy, as I had been getting so much out of it. Our final call today was horrible to say the least, and I have a mind to call the company she works for to advise them of my experience and whether or not I want to use their services going forward. It did take a few visits to get used to teletherapy but once I became comfortable with it, the sessions were just fine.

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@linh. I'm just wondering what dual diagnosis" means. I don't recall that @frances007 mentioned that.

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I believe dual diagnosis refers primarily to patients with combined mental health needs (For example treatment for depression, or post traumatic stress syndrome), in conjunction with a concurrent active chronic internal medical condition generally.

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