Hi all - so I’ve been seeing the same therapist for a while but have had some uncomfortable/negative interactions that have really left my considering changing to seeing someone else:

1) I’m on birth control for PCOS; I brought this up but not as an area of concern, in fact I stated my BC works well and my symptoms are well managed. She suggested on multiple occasions I go off BC or considering seeing an naturopath. I restated I felt the BC worked well for me. She kept bringing it up then suggested my BC might be causing my anxiety (when again it’s always worked well for me, long before my anxiety began)

2) due to my anxiety becoming worse, I’m on Lexapro. I’ve been on it 2 months now. Overall it’s working well. I did find that due to one of the side of effects being that it caused a heavier period, unfortunately my mood did become very disregulated during my period and I had a 3 day depressive episode. This only lasted during my period and I went back to feeling very stable. After sharing this, she said that the meds I’m on aren’t for anxiety because it’s an SSRI so my doctor must have diagnosed me with depression. I explained no I only discussed anxiety with my doctor and that is what he prescribed. She then suggested my doctor was incompetent and gave me the wrong medication, and suggested further that perhaps I have depression. She assessed me when I started seeing her; finding that I had anxiety, not depression. She’s also not trained to give advice regarding medication so I found it all concerning

3) she often goes off on tangents talking about herself during sessions

4) it often feels like she’s making assumptions or has already come up with her own conclusion and will continue to try to steer me to see her opinion vs letting me process on my own

5) she forgets things we’ve discussed in previous sessions

6) when she continued questioning my medications I finally got upset and said I felt really invalidated because the meds have been working for me overall and I didn’t want to be pushed on the matter. She then made a comment to the effect of “if you want a counsellor who will just validate you I can send you to one but I don’t think that will be helpful” and suggested it’s her job to “challenge my negative thinking”. I agreed but said I’m fine with my negative thinking being questioned, but not my medical choices 


What say you, internet strangers?