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I use to attend an ED clinic twice a week for almost three years. I had a one to one session with a therapist and I also attended a DBT group. Due to funding cuts here in the UK the DBT group had to stop and then I was discharged from the clinic as they were no longer able to work with clients with borderline personality disorder.
All that ended almost a year ago. I have now seen a psychotherapist 8 times and I have a further 8 sessions left. He does not seem interested in my ED and when I mention it and ask for help he says that we will talk about it latter because there are other things we need to concentrate on. Before going to the ED clinic my bulimia was out of control and now it is heading that way fast. My head is all over the place right now. I am wondering if psychotherapy is for me, well I have not got many sessions left and I feel I have not got anywhere. I am also reducing my anti-depressants with the help of my GP. I guess my psychotherapist is not interested in what i do, in terms of my ED, but why I do it???????? But I feel he just will not let me talk about my ED and it is just such a large part of my life. I decided to go down the psychotherapy route because I desperately desperately want to change everything that goes on in my head. I am not sure why I am writing here, I know I am waffling, just needed to vent but not sure what I am really venting about. Posted on 05/01/12, 09:02 am |
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I hope that you are able to find some good help soon, and you are able to get better! If you do not feel that this therapist is helping you, I would suggest maybe trying to find a different one. You don't want to let it get out of control again! 
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PLEASE look for a different therapist. if he ignores your issues, he is not a good fit for you. are you a student? if so, free counseling is likely available on campus. is there an eating disorder specialist in your area? if not, i've heard of therapists offering services online. there are several DBT work books out there that you can use on your own, in therapy, or in a group. i use one myself. i'll try to find it online for you.
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Thanks for the replies.
I saw my therapist yesterday and he cannot help me with my ED and he wants me to concentrate on one type of therapy at a time. Therefore if I need help with my ED then I will have to go back to my doctor for a referral back to the ED clinic and if that happens he will not work with me. The ED clinic just worked on getting my eating in to some kind of order which did help at the time. The psychotherapy is looking at the rest of me but what I need is a combination of both of these things. I am still trying to get my head around yesterdays therapy session so please forgive me for not saying more at the moment.
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If your therapist isnt listening to you, i strongly suggest finding a new one. He should be asking you what you want to talk about and then listening to you and doing what he can to help, not pushing your concerns to the side. find someone who is interested in helping every aspect of your life, including your eating disorder.
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My ex has bpd, so i understand a fair amount of it, well the theory behind it and being with someone who lives it. You mentioned that when you had an ordered diet that it was helping a little, what happened to that???
And i agree, i think there may be better therapists out there..
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Jonroland,
I have never had an ordered diet. When I was with the ED clinic I was refused the help of a dietitian. Never understood why. But my binging and purging reduced over time when I was with them. Talking about how I felt about my eating disorder, how I felt before and after a binge and learning coping skills helped a lot. I am finding now that those coping skills I did learn are not working now or I am finding them harder to engage in and I do not understand why they did work for me but not now. My eating disorder was my original coping mechanism and it is becoming that again. My psychotherapist just seems to be interested in gathering as much information about me and my life and not interested in helping me cope with things. Maybe I am being too harsh on him but I have seen him 9 times now with only 7 sessions left. I cannot see our therapy sessions changing in those last 7 sessions.
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I can see where you're coming from, after 9 sessions i think you would've developed a better relationship with your therapist so i would be skeptical of him too..
At first, your coping mechanisms were new to your mind and body so at this time they were at their most effective, Now that they have been applied for so long, with your mindset about food and ED just as persistent, their usefulness is dying off. Just as the way drugs work, adaptation. It's just a thought, i'm no expert, but trying to apply new coping mechanisms whilst at the same time, talking to a new therapist and trying to alter how you look at food might be your key. I hope so anyway..
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Get a different therapist ASAP. This guy/girl is a quack. A realy councelor will care and listen to all that you have to say.
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