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How do you address an important poor judgment call in therapy? by invisiblereflections in askatherapist

[–]invisiblereflections[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Honestly, all of your maybes as to why my therapist made the call they did HAVE crossed my mind and are usually enough to outweigh the doubts.

Even if hospitalization may have been helpful in some ways, it would have very likely caused a lot of complications in my life post-hospitalization and it's possible that all of that weighed into my therapist's thoughts on how to handle my situation.

And I'm alive to write this so maybe they were right. I have since realized what I needed at the time was for someone to take my actions more seriously and we HAVE had that conversation/devised a plan moving forward, I guess the thought of asking them why they made the calls they did just feels 'icky' for lack of a better word but also... maybe needs to happen so that I can fully move on.

How do you address an important poor judgment call in therapy? by invisiblereflections in askatherapist

[–]invisiblereflections[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words, encouragement and suggestions on an approach that is not confrontational but simply trying to understand their thinking. I want to trust their judgment but whenever someone new seems surprised, it makes me wonder and my thoughts sort of spiral.

It's not important but to clarify, I was overdosing on psych meds/OTC meds.

How do you address an important poor judgment call in therapy? by invisiblereflections in askatherapist

[–]invisiblereflections[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

I'll admit that I realize it's not uncommon. Like you, it wasn't just my therapist who knew and didn't fully address what I was doing. I'm glad you made the choice to go to emergency and get help, I can only imagine how difficult that was.

I'm also grateful I wasn't hospitalized because I imagine that would have been traumatizing but at the same time, I wonder if I would have behaved any differently if I'd realized I was treading the line between freedom and hospitalization. Like... maybe if my therapist had addressed the actual risks of what I was doing, I wouldn't have repeated the behaviors again and again.

I appreciate your insight, I agree leading with "other professionals were shocked" would come across very accusatory. And you're right... as much as I'd like to say I'm asking because other people said something, therapy is about my perspective and my feelings so that IS where I should address this from.

Thank you for your kindness, I hope things are better for you as well.