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Aug 14, 2020 at 02:50 PM
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I saw a therapist in CAMHS for about a year before I was turning 18, and had to transfer out of the adolescent services. We kept in touch, I email her about how ion doing and she still replies. She's glad to see how far I have come since. I'm 21 now and it's been three years since I terminated with her but we still exchange emails maybe once or twice a year.
With my current T when I terminated with her temporarily while I seek specialist treatment for my eating disorder, in our last session she told me that it would be comforting if I can keep her updated about how I was doing. We agreed that the work between us was not finished, and she was happy to see me again when I get discharged from the ed unit. And I updated her by email, and we had several brief phones calls and I also agreed for the unit to send her letters about my progress. We were able to reestablish a relationship again, and the second time I have made a lot of progress with her than I ever have. |
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Aug 14, 2020 at 03:04 PM
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I think it's great that you have been able to stay in contact with former T's. It sounds like it is comforting and reassuring to do so. I am in contact with one of my former T's, a T that I saw for about 10 years. I can email her or text her however much I want but she only responds occasionally, though I can *usually* predict when she will respond. She usually responds with just a couple of lines but it is always powerful to me and affects me profoundly that she still cares about me and how I am doing.
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Aug 14, 2020 at 03:06 PM
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I don't keep in contact with former Ts, as the reason I am in therapy has changed since working with them.
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Aug 14, 2020 at 03:45 PM
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I did with first T for a very long time and if I was to visit the state she lives in I would reach out. I kept in touch with others to varying degrees and some not at all.
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Aug 14, 2020 at 05:31 PM
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Since she is no longer alive, I can't. However, I frequently "email" her and hit save as draft. I often can imagine what her advice or comforting words will be.
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Aug 14, 2020 at 07:10 PM
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Yes, not on a regular basis, but I've kept in touch with all three of my former therapists. Very informally and mostly through Facebook now.
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Aug 15, 2020 at 09:07 AM
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I keep in contact with my first T. My therapy with her ended many years ago but we exchange around 3 emails a year, something like that. It's nice to let her know what's happening in my life and she will send a short reply telling me what she has been up to.
T2 who I saw for three years was totally against keeping in contact with clients. I did send her a Christmas card two years in a row and she responded to those but there was never an expectation of keeping in more frequent contact. The goodbye was excruciating due to knowing she wouldn't allow contact but on hindsight I'm glad I had the opportunity to go through the intense grief and survive. T3 said she was fine with occasional contact, cards at Christmas, updates etc, but I've never been inclined to. Current T is absolutely fine with contact after ending and we will always be in each other's lives in some form as we really get on. |
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Aug 15, 2020 at 01:03 PM
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I keep in touch with one of them but not by choice really. He sort of appears in my messages out of the blue and then goes away not long after. Nothing good in it for me.
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Aug 19, 2020 at 05:54 AM
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I had been keeping in touch with one of mine but then she sent some weird Facebook messages and then left a creepy voice message on my phone and I said “nope” and I blocked her number. I don’t know what was up but I didn’t want to deal with it because I was already going through a lot at the time.
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