Starting Over with a New Therapist

I received a call a couple of days ago from the administrative assistant at the counseling center. She informed me that my new therapist, with whom I felt I had a great connection, is no longer employed there. Somewhat of a long story short, my therapist decided to work full-time at her former place of employment, which is a mental hospital about an hour south of where I live. I was so disappointed when I learned of this. So disappointed.

The good news, though, is that the counseling center has already filled my old new therapist’s position. I will be seeing my new new therapist today (the same day I would have seen my former therapist). The administrative assistant told me “everything happens for a reason.” Maybe she’s right. I have decided that I will give this new lady a fair chance. I will come to the meeting prepared, just as I did with my former therapist, and see how it goes.

I am thankful that I at least got a call about the change. On more than one occasion, at another mental health center, I have shown up for an appointment with one therapist and ended up seeing another. No notice at all. Luckily though, I didn’t really feel connected to any of those therapists, so the change was no big deal. More annoying than anything. This most recent time, however, was different. I was looking forward to sharing with my old new therapist that I had completed the tasks she gave me to do these past couple of weeks; I was ready to move forward. Now I feel like I’m starting over again.

On a positive note, it will be interesting to compare and contrast how these therapists approach helping me towards recovery. Two days later I am still disappointed but feeling much more hopeful about the situation.

Signed,

Lai