Most appointments start with him venting/complaining about what’s going on with him and an excuse for why he was late this time. Fallowed by 15-20 minuets of awkward silance whale he waits for “something to come up” which I can’t stand its very uncomfortable and dose not really lead to progress because i judt start saying what ever I think he wants to hear to make the dang silance end.

Then there is the total lack of any concreat stated goal or path to it and a dismissive attitude when I bring up wanting one or possible sidecefects of the medication I don’t like. I also don’t like the constant feeling That I’m being abserved like a lab rat but not being told why or for what it makes me feel uncomfortable and like a freak.

Except for perhaps doctors/surgeons, there is no other profession that can be dangerous to your health of not done ethically.

How scary to think that the profession has so many unprofessionals. “Above all, do no harm.”

I’ve talked to so many people who had terrible expriences…..one was a woman who was in abusive marriage, lost her job, tried t commit suicide 2 times and was a cutter. her therapist had sex with her….he then decided to try and work it out with his wife and dumped her. Unfortunately, this stuff goes on more than we know.

One of the good ones had the highly annoying habit of comparing my situation to her or her other client’s lives. This would not have been so bad if I had been there for relationship problems or adjustment issues, but I was actually there to process a highly traumatic event, and frankly, many times the comparisons she was making didn’t even come close. At times it was actually was quite insulting, and even though I liked her and she did help me, I eventually stopped seeing her because I never gained the level of trust in her that I needed to fully disclose what had happened to me.

This was very frustrating, and ended up causing me some suffering as I was having a hard enough time with ptsd without worrying about how to get out of the therapeutic relationship. I also wondered how much of my (anonymized)story was being discussed with her other clients, and that made me very uncomfortable as well.

Fortunately I was able to end that relationship and after a short break found someone who I feel very comfortable with. I have been able to open up completely and I can sense a real improvement in my symptoms, which feels great. It makes me wish I had moved sooner!

My current therapist takes notes frequently and then she brings stuff up in later sessions especially if I contradict myself. Sheesh. The reason I’m in therapy is because I have mixed feelings about things and I want to sort them out! It’s almost like “gotcha” journalism sometimes and I’m starting to be careful about what I say in case she’ll haul it out later.

I know she explained to me she was waiting to see “what comes up” but she just got done saying the previous week there was tons of stuff and these,the pevious week when she was gathering info I even cried about some stuff….can’t she draw on that to spark some feeling or what she thinks might need to be addressed first? This is a womans clinic and she is actually an intern in her 50′s,so she’s just getting out of school.

am I the only one who experienced this? and does anyone else find it rude and annoying?

I was just a bit annoyed by her stare therapy approach and wasting my money ticking on the clock. Honeslty I could have talked to my friend about the same thing over drinks.

The one I settled on changed my life for the better. I had to pay out-of-pocket for his care, but it was worth every penny.