Therapy being withdrawn

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(Note- as well as my AS I have serious problems with anxiety. My therapy is for anxiety before AS)

So at my therapy last week I made a big breakthrough, came away brimming with confidence and feeling more secure and with a higher self esteem than I ever remember feeling.

This week my therapist told me that my sessions are probably going to end after another 7 sessions. He basically said that this is a result of my great session last week and how he feels I am now able to tackle challenges.

I really don't feel like I am ready to have my safety net pulled away. I am scared that without my therapy, I will go back to the bad days, specifically this time last year when I was basically unable to function in school, having ineffective CBT and looked like I was going to fail many of my classes, and this time two years ago when I was breaking down during the day and in desperate need of therapy.

I spent the rest of the therapy session sobbing uncontrollably. It was the worst therapy session I have had in a long time, after having my best ever the previous week.

Dude, it's normal for a lot of adults even to have therapists. It doesn't have to be something you need to quit doing just because your current or recent therapist said so. If you feel you need the safety net, there's nothing to be worried about. Therapists are paid to be able to support and bounce ideas off of. Everyone needs a little help from time to time.

While both of you have the option of ending therapy at any time, most therapists will honor your request to not end therapy. Ask if it's a money issue, cause sometimes it is.

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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
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RE: Kalinda

Mm, I see what you are saying and I know I should agree.

I'll say the petty thing first: I don't want a new therapist, I want one who knows me and knows the issues.

Secondly, I hate being treated like an adult, which any new therapist would invariably do. I don't mean I like being patronised, I just like being treated like a child who has a basic understanding of the world, which is what I feel like. Just because I'm going to be 18 in 6 months doesn't mean I am going to be an adult in six months.

Finally, I have had loads of trouble getting a therapist. It took about a year, in which time the people I should have been seeing kept trying to palm me off to other departments because they signed me off as "okay" when I was 7 and first diagnosed with AS. My parents had to pay for expensive, ineffective (for me) CBT, and that therapist then had to recommend me for an assessment and that psychiatrist had to recommend that I see my current psychotherapist. As far as I know, it is even harder to receive mental health treatment as an adult.

RE: OliveOilMum

I said that I knew I couldn't keep "hogging" the slot forever as there is probably a long waiting list of children who need to see my therapist. This is an NHS therapist so he is not being paid by me or my family.

Well you are going to be legally an adult at 18 whether you like it or not.

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