Elliott Smith lover

Date posted: 1y

Therapist messed up 😨

So last week I posted that I was a bit worried that my therapist had made me do something related to ERP, and I said I wasn't ready. I'd called it CBT because I didn't know any better. I thought it must be my mistake, I was mixed up. I had people correcting me because I called it CBT. I completely got them mixed up but thats not my fault. My therapist explicitly asked and confronted me several times using the term CBT over the course of a 2 week period. First was when I officially got diagnosed with OCD, the next week, she said, again, I'm going to do CBT with you. I am NOT READY for ERP. !!! I have *severe* anxiety that needs to be addressed before I try exposure. I felt guilty making the ERP/CBT mistake on THIS APP but its Not My Fault. And you guys were very kind to me in correcting me, so thank you for that. You made me see what was really going on. My friend told me I should seek a new therapist because this big of a mistake has set me back and made me hesitant to go back or see progression in my mental health with this therapist. But it took me So Long to reach out for help, and looking for a therapist & starting new is always rough. :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

Hi, I agree with you talking to your doctor. Maybe ask your doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist/therapist. You can change your therapist at NOCD, by the way. You should tell one of the clinical managers about this if you feel that it affected you negatively. I don't want anyone to lose their job but hopefully a mistake does not happen again that affects patient care.

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

I agree with this, but I'm not so sure what you meant by change my therapist at NOCD?

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Elliott Smith lover - You can switch to a different therapist at NOCD if you don't want o continue seeing your current one.

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous I find it extremely odd that everyone's solution here is to instead find a therapist through this app.... I've posted before & had people say it unprompted.

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Elliott Smith lover - Hi, maybe ask your primary doctor what would be best. ERP is considered the gold standard with OCD treatment. Hopefully your doctor can help you find something that works.

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous Congrats bot you're getting blocked. 👍

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

I am such a wuss, I won't correct anyone without profusely reassuring them. and I don't need to be doing that with my Therapist.

Speckles

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

You can a new therapist. I would

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

I'm considering it. I should talk to my primary care physician and see what she can do for me.

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

They are only people and sometimes make mistakes, but it's really irritating when they turn the tables on you and write in the notes incorrect stuff. Or spend a whole session discussing why they are upset with something you said.

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

Yeah but they didn't misconstrue anything I say. They explicitly asked permission to do CBT before delving into ERP & then forced ERP on me. 😐

Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

The issue is that there was no consent given & I didn't understand that what they were doing with me was, in fact, ERP, you know. Like what they said we WOULDN'T delve into first. Because I'm not ready.

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Date posted: 1y

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Elliott Smit...

Date posted: 1y

This is a Lot to take in and I'm not good with a lot of information at once without being asked first.... I know the risks of CBT but I was Never given an option for ERP, which is my issue. We jumped right into it, not only without talking about the benefits for me or what to expect, but WITHOUT CONSENT. I have severe, constant generalized anxiety that talk therapy and medication could help with. Which is why I am Not mentally fit to jump into forcing myself to exposure therapy yet. I've only just begun therapy at the end of summer.

annabanana248

Date posted: 21w

In limbo between therapists and feeling discouraged

I've been in and out of talk therapy for OCD-related issues for years, but it hasn't been effective long-term. I am struggling with body image / eating disorder adjacent obsessions and I am really hopeful that ERP might actually give me some relief. I had my first session with my NOCD therapist a few weeks ago. It felt like a good match and I was ready to unpack my obsessions and compulsions to try ERP for the first time. The day of my second session she canceled due to personal illness. Then this happened a second time. Yesterday all of my future booked sessions were canceled without explanation. I went to schedule with a new therapist and the ones that seemed could be a good fit are filled up until at least early April. I booked a slot and sent the therapist a message letting her know I would be interested in starting sooner if a slot opened up. I am just disappointed. I could just meet with another therapist who has earlier availability, but it's most important to me that the therapist be a good fit since I've been through therapy so many times. I feel like I'm in limbo until I have an ERP plan set up and I'm not sure how to move forward in the meantime. I'm planning try out a support group but I need a personalized exposure plan and I'm not sure if that's something I should just try to set up myself? Anyone have something similar happen to them? Any thoughts or advice would be helpful.

tayanominous

Date posted: 19w

Can therapist make you feel worse?

So I’ve been going to an ocd therapist for abt 2-3 months now and she’s starting to make me feel very nervous and anxious I even started crying, she wanted me to do exposures that were to much for me and I got rlly upset and Burt out into tears and she just didn’t say anything and just sat there for a good 10 seconds doing nothing this is starting to repeat nearly every session and I’m very frustrated should I get a new therapist or do I just be nice and tough it out?

Imnew@this

Date posted: 13w

Therapy today.

(21+ ONLY: TRIGGER WARNING) I have therapy today and I’m nervous. I just started going to therapy and I really like my therapist. She talked to me about doing ERP and I’m really nervous about it. I’m scared to tell her the extent of my OCD, and my themes. I’m scared to tell her about my false memory OCD, because I’m scared that what I did was real and I’m just excusing it as false memory, although I have no memory of it. I’m scared that I am truly a monster and I’m using OCD as an excuse—and that she’ll find out and distance herself. I’m just scared that my whole world is gonna fall apart, all around me.

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