Posted by Dinah on November 9, 2002, at 20:00:30
In reply to Re: Has anyone successfully lost a therapist?, posted by Tabitha on November 9, 2002, at 17:10:18
Yipes is right. Fortunately, he says at this point that the chances are less than when he first told me, but he still can't say it won't happen. I'd like exact percentages of the likelihood, spaced out over a span of time, of course. Maybe a nice little graph. :) He finds my desire for precision a bit annoying.
At this point it's just a possibility, but I think it is just a good idea to have a contingency plan or two available. Because it's been my idee fixe, almost an obsession, since the beginning of therapy - that he's going to move or stop private practice or whatever. So I suppose I should have been working on a contingency plan all along. I was just starting to ease up on it, and the recurring dreams (where I walk in his office and there is another person sitting there and he introduces this other person as my new therapist) were just slowing down a bit. :(
But now I just think it's wise to back off a bit, and plan for the possibility, and try to ease off the dependency a bit. Even if he doesn't leave, it's probably still wise.
Sigh.... I'm pathetic.... Maybe the Risperdal will help.
Dinah
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