[geez]

Something has come up for me and I need to see someone about my issue. Has anyone out there gone back to an old T vs. going to a new one? (and you felt extremely attached to old T?). Were you glad you went back to old T or did you regret it?

[wheeler]

Yes geez I did. I saw a T when I was about 20, stayed for about 3 years and then we ended, it was positive and mutual. Then when I was in my early 30 years I was having a problem with a relationship and I went back and saw her.
It was good because we had a good rapport and she 'knew' me, and she definitely helped me with the relationship issue that I was having. However, I was also having strong transference issues with her but I was never able to work through them with her. She terminated with me and sort of left me with all these weird feelings.
So overall, it was good and bad.

[pbutton]

I terminated and started having panic attacks a week later & went back. I'm not totally sure that's the same thing. So far it's mostly made me feel stupid and like I'm supposed to be done with therapy and now I'm a burden on T.

[Perna]

I did not terminate with the old T because of problems with our relationship (I just moved too far away to continue seeing her) so going back to the old T whom I loved was not a problem. I got even more out of seeing her the second time than the first because time had passed and both she and I had had different, additional experiences and both grown from them. She was a better therapist and I was a better client. The second period I saw that T has been one of the major highlights of my life.

[Unrigged64072835]

I can't go back to my old T, since she now teaches full time at the university and is no longer accepting any clients. However, if I could I would. Not that my new T is bad or anything, but I had built a solid rapport with old T and I miss that. Besides we were both single moms with teenage daughters, so we could at least commiserate.