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Decided to make my own thread a bit like LT did a while back. I've put that I'm in UK just so that people know but welcome responses from anywhere!
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#2
im from the UK too.
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It's good to see the UK getting a mention because I think the therapy culture here is quite different from the US, for example.
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I'm also UK based.
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Another Uk'er.
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Dreading therapy on Wednesday after my therapist refused point blank to see me twice a week for a short period of 1-6 months just to get me through several things. Her excuse: You don't need it! It's too intense. You're not in crisis.
Surely it's my decision, as I'm paying out of pocket, it's up to me, I'm the client. I know plenty of people from the UK on this forum and elsewhere who are as I say from the UK and see their therapists twice a week. I have booked to go to a nice quiet woodland pub for lunch after therapy on Wednesday to cheer me up, because I am not looking forward to the session. |
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Periodically, I see my therapist twice a week. She offers this (I have never asked) when things are particularly difficult, mostly as a response to the material I am working on at the time. When we move back to once a week, I feel very negatively about her as if she is taking something away. She once explained to me that if I see her twice a week as a norm, there is no where else for us to go when I am in unusual difficulty. Of course, it would be possible to see a therapist multiple times a week (and some posters here do), but I am not sure how practical or desirable that is for most clients. I am currently seeing her twice a week and I still want more from her, although of course I would never tell her that because of my shame around "confessing" to wanting things. So, it is genuinely impressive to me that you would ask for twice a week and I would also say that twice a week is not always the support it might seem (and, as I type that, I am aware that I am accessing support twice a week so maybe I am speaking from a place of ease).
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My therapist is Person Centred. This past couple of days I have actually looked into Psychoanalytical Attachment Based Therapy. There's a woman near me who practices it. She generally sees people once a week but both her Counselling Directory Page and her website say she can offer Twice a week therapy.
May look into that and see about changing. This attachment I based psychoanalytical woman has now started seeing people face to face too, whereas my Person Centred Lady won't see people face to face till September. Also, I did feel very told off by my Person Centred T last session. She referred to me as a complex case to my face, I presume because of my trauma history and issues. There's loads more I will probably write in time. |
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I feel really rubbish. Started with a new attatchment Psychoanalyst from UKCP. She is fabulous!
She is now on holiday till 7th September. We've only had six sessions. During our last session, I jumped, I freaked out a bit. I think I had a panic attack, or had a flashback or dissociated a bit. Was unable to speak to therapist for about to 15 minutes and was unable to respond to her questions. I was fine and back to normal once she called to my senses but am now terrified she will abandon me or not be able to deal with me! I asked therapist twice after I came round to not give up on me and she assured me she wouldn't. I asked therapist what if it happens again? She assured me if it happened again she would still be with me and it would be OK. But I still think she might give up on me or have changed her mind by September 7th! Help! I'm scared. |
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