Therapist unexpectedly ended therapy

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So, my private therapist ended our therapy journey today. So I totally understand the reasons why, that’s not the issue.

I asked for a session today after some pretty intense things had happened at work/Christmas etc. I started speaking for all of two minutes, then they said after supervision they had been advised to end our journey together.

Again, not the issue, it’s more the fact that I was totally blindsided by it. When I was online looking for advice for myself, the British counselling service states that you shouldn’t blindside someone as was done to me today. That it should be a wrap up or at least a smidge of warning about it.

I didn’t get an email, a phone call or anything like that. It’s been a month since our last chat, we tend to be ad hoc. I booked a session expecting therapy and they just announced the topic and that was that.

Is this normal?

Sounds crap.

They should have offered you one or two sessions to process.

What were their reasons?

They know people I know, and an issue I was chatting about prior to Christmas involved someone they knew. Nothing mega serious, just working through thoughts etc.

However, I’ve been with this person for over a year, so I dunno.

I do really really get it, they need that professional distance and boundary.

But still, very much blindsided and no sort of wrap up. Just sort of hurried through it and gone.

Yes that wasn’t well handled. Sorry OP that’s tough. Did they even give you some names of other recommended therapists?

Not really, I had to ask for recommendations during the session.

Might let the waters calm, find a new therapist, process and then send a politely worded email.

I really could of done with that bloody chat today.

Certainly seems unprofessional

CC the BACP into the email - or wrote to them and CC the therapist.