Posted by fallsfall on June 27, 2005, at 13:21:06
In reply to someone else calls T, posted by looking4hope on June 26, 2005, at 22:12:20
A friend who was staying with us called my therapist. My therapist told me that she had called and that she was worried about me (I think I had an appointment with my therapist that day anyway).
I have asked a friend to let me come in to her session for a minute (this is usually part of a bargain where I won't take her to the hospital the night before if she will let me make sure her therapist knows what is going on). I have sent a letter to a friend's therapist. And even sent a letter to a pdoc in the hospital (who was my pdoc when I was in that same hospital - and then I talked with the pdoc and friend together when I visited her). I also called a therapist of a friend and left a message (but didn't speak to the therapist).
Gee, sounds like I'm a busybody, doesn't it? Maybe I am.
Mu friends haven't always been thrilled with me at the time, but they all know that I've done it because I care about them. And none are still mad at me. I don't regret the times I've done it, but in one case, I should have talked to my friend and warned her that I was worried enough to call.
I wouldn't expect someone else's therapist to talk to me individually. I expect the communication to go just from me to them. And then I trust the therapist to handle it from there. I wouldn't ask someone else's therapist anything about them. I've always felt that the therapists have taken my concern seriously.
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