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I did something like many of us do , we check online about our T or their family members, hidden truth but I think many of us do that anyway, I am one of them and DO I wish I did NOT, so I did see on my T partner XXXpace that she is going abroad for about 1 year well my T has not said anything about that , we meet last time in end of June we meet 1 week, and I did ask him just before the holiday if we should try DAM for ptsd and he said sure in the winter,

and I did see him last week shopping and there I mention that I was trying to get his sessions outside if the clinic paid and he said ok , and did not mention anything he was leaving for some time, my next session in next Friday , I off course will not say anything BUT BUT I am going crazy here , we have discussed how important this T is for me and he is also important for me, and I have just told him he is like the parent I never had and he has been there for me for some time , T is the first person I connect to ,
and I have really not any support around me no family and few friends , I am so scarred he is going somewhere for 1 year or longer, then now I am just like why I am making “connection” to someone and I will loose that ,

I feel this is too hard, Its now holiday and I am not doing well , what then for 1 year ,, I feel like I can’t wait for 1 week to see my T , what if he tells me he is going away, So very very lost ..
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It is possible your T's partner is going abroad but that he is not going with her.

It would be difficult to directly ask your T about it without telling him about the online sleuthing. You could say you heard a rumor that he might be moving, but he would probably ask where you got your info. Perhaps you could just ask him what his long-term career plans are for his practice and whether he intends to remain there long-term because you have concerns about feeling abandoned. Is that something you could admit to him?
Hi anna... I agree that the partner may be going somewhere and your T is not. After all he has a practice to look after.

I would bring up the topic of how you are afraid of losing him or being abandoned in the middle of doing this work and ask for reassurance from him. Maybe ask for a standing appointment or some future appointments. Hopefully, he will reassure you that he is not going anywhere.

TN

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