Posted by judy1 on December 30, 2000, at 14:36:06
In reply to Re: Nasty, painful termination with pdoc (long), posted by JennyR on December 30, 2000, at 10:19:45
Dear Jenny,
The law in California is that a shrink has to give 1 month notice of his/her intent to terminate a professional relationship with you. This is done by letter. In that time there is usually a transition phase while you establish yourself with another doctor. Since I am not familiar with the law in your area, I think a call to the local branch of the APA would be a good place to start. Also, my insurance company was willing to cover fees if I needed time to adjust to another shrink when they no longer covered the shrink I was seeing- this took a couple of phone calls to speak to the right person. Basically this person sounds like an asshole though, and since you were seeing him for just med management, I'm wondering how much of a personal investment you have in this. I was terminated by my psychiatrist whom I was seeing for therapy and meds- there were boundary issues and a very painful period of time where things were eventually sorted out. In all honesty, I still hurt. Hope some of this helps- Judy
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