Posted by Poet on January 13, 2005, at 22:22:26
In reply to pdocs who do therapy, posted by CareBear04 on January 12, 2005, at 4:02:32
Hi Carebear,
From the first appointment Pdoc has said *I can just manage your medication, but you can see me for therapy, too.*
He's said that he thinks my depression is more psychological than chemical. The last appointment he started asking me how it's going in therapy, how does she try to make me feel safe (I have major trust issues- with everybody...) Perhaps (he) should call T and talk about my trust issues and work together on helping me feel safe?
Assuming he really does have my best interest in mind, therapy and meds mangement with one person could be beneficial. I can see why your pdoc(s) have done both therapy and meds management and why mine keeps suggesting it.
For me, I need to keep seeing pdoc for meds and T for therapy, besides my insurance will run out on him long before I trust him enough to even get started. He is a Freudian psychoanalyst by the way, very comfy looking couch, I only chose him as a pdoc because he was covered under my old and new insurance. And my therapist had threatened to call 911 on me if I didn't see a pdoc for new meds. He kept me off the psych ward, so I guess that's meds management progress even if he did just up them again.
Poet
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