Kati Morton

Suicide and therapy - Retraumatization - Relapse - Drugs and Mental Health

Added 2017-01-12 01:23:57 +0000 UTC

1. What can I do if I ruined my relationship with my therapist by telling him I had a plan to commit suicide? I had no clue after being in therapy for three years with my therapist that he had this boundary. But I crossed it and now I have no help and I feel rotten for what I did.

2. Is it possible to re-traumatize yourself? I wondered if working on trauma too frequently can make things worse?

3. Hi Kati, how would you react if a client of yours (who has been doing really well and you have thought they were almost recovered) comes into your next session and says that they have been self harming again this past month and struggling to stay on top of managing their old eating disorder habits? This is the situation I am in but I am so scared to tell my therapist. I know you are going to say "it's their job to help you and it's a waste of my money if I am not going to be honest with my therapist." I guess I am just wanting to figure out what sort of reaction I can expect when I get the courage to tell her. What makes things harder is that she is going on maternity leave in 6 weeks and she had hoped to finish off and tie up loose ends with me before she goes on leave. How common is it for you to see your clients go backwards like 5 steps? What would you do as their therapist in this situation?

4. Maybe something to do with the dangers/risks of recreational drug use and mental health issues. Particularly weed and also party drugs cocaine/MDMA/ecstasy. And knowing the difference and shift from substance abuse to substance dependence. Also relating back to medication and drugs. I think it's becoming more and more common...and accepted amongst more groups of people.