Hi Sleepy21
I believe every therapist/psychologist has the opportunity to learn from their clients. Some never learn, due to arrogance and/or a closed mind, whereas others do learn. It sounds like your psych has learned a lesson when it comes to attention to detail. The fact that she openly admitted to all her mistakes and offered reasons for them shows she has elements of being reasonable, while being inexperienced. Sounds like you've led her to look closely at all the valid reasons for your understandable upset.
I like to see psychologists, GPs etc as detectives. Their job is to listen to and record all the clues. So, if they're doing things like misspelling names, getting dates wrong, jumping to the wrong conclusions, making up stories etc, they're never going to solve anything. When you've employed them to solve or resolve issues, it can feel like a waste of your time and money. Can recall some years back seeing a GP about some seriously strange symptoms I was experiencing. I presented to him while being in the throws of what appeared to be a panic attack. He wanted to put me on anti anxiety meds but I refused, insisting he get to the bottom of things. Two of the biggest clues I gave him, 'I don't experience anxiety and I'm not stressed. This has got to be something else'. He completely ignored the clues. Went to a different doc who investigated. Turned out not to be anxiety. Got treated and all was well.
Do you feel your psych holds potential at all? Now that she's learned a valuable lesson, thanks to you, do you think she has the potential to work well with you or do you sense she's perhaps too closed minded and/or defensive? I think some people need to learn, psychologists included, what makes a 'straight talker'. I have a friend like this, who openly questions and states her opinion, holding back little. While some folk say she can be detailed oriented and outspoken, they know little about her history. With a history of domestic abuse, racism, soul destroying degradation and much more, one day she simply turned around and decided 'I'm never taking sh*t from another person ever again. I'm never letting another person put me down or bring me down. Over the years she's developed the ability to read people and situations quite easily, that attention to detail factor. If someone's stuffing her around, she'll waste no time giving it to them straight. In fact, she's someone with a big heart who works to maintain the self respect she's developed.
