Dr T Evaluation

Dr T Evaluation

For treatment of F. Magdalene

Evaluations such as this have been given to the last 5 therapists because I want them to know my observations concerning the professional relationship. This evaluation will discuss your strong points, helpful techniques you’ve given and assess participation in my sessions. I will then end with commentary on various topics. As with past therapist evaluations this document will appear on my blog without your name or any identifiable information.

CHARACTER STRENGTHS

• Approachable and non-threatening
• Able to resolve miscommunication issues quickly
• Good sense of humor
• You dress as a professional

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE

• Dream therapy techniques such as re-writing the outcome of the dream so that I come out as the victor isn’t something I’ve come across in my many years of therapy. I’ve found this technique helpful and will continue to use it. This one technique may not seem like such a big deal to some but when nightmares are a huge issue any real help is noteworthy. Dream therapy has been helpful.
• You don’t take yourself too seriously or take things too personally and I appreciate that.
• You have “thick skin” which is helpful when borderline issues rear their ugly head.
• Many therapists have become absorbed in my comedy performances and lose focus of the session. You were able to bring the session back on track, I appreciate that also.
• You gave feedback that I took home to think about.

PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP

• Although you and I had miscommunications I felt we were able to resolve them quickly. This assured me that we would be able to progress in therapy despite some set backs.
• You start and stop on time and this is important as well.
• You have good professional boundaries
• You are dependable. I know you’re going to be at your appointment when you say you are.

PARTICIPATION IN SESSIONS

You allowed me to talk about things without me feeling like I should be ashamed of my past. Never did I feel as though you were talking down to me or blamed me for the abuse. Although I once struggled with the idea that you didn’t believe me I quickly overcame that because of your responses and reactions to what I said.
I have had therapists that didn’t say much or that took over the session. I thought you had a balance between the two and that quality works well with clients like me.

SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTARY

I often felt as if your own ideas of how the session should go took precedence over mine. I also felt that transitioning from one subject to another was too quick which often left me wondering if you were waiting for me to take a breath so you could switch to your agenda. After discussing this issue with you I saw great improvement in transitions.

It is always good to know what techniques you teach best and offer clients those life skills but considering each client as an individual with individual needs is also vital. I asked for written assignments because they allow me to process things out in a way that I best express myself, which is in writing. I wasn’t able to get you to continue to give written assignments because that’s not how you do therapy. You told me that you preferred that we talk in the session but that is not always what is best for me. I felt this one issue may have impacted our work together negatively.

Lack of straight forward explanation about why you refused to visit my blog left undercurrent that was hard to heal. When you gave me a straight forward answer about your boundaries and ethics I was able to accept the answer. The subject went from what appeared to be a brick wall subject to settled once you gave me your straight forward reasoning. More times than one the need for committed answer arose and it felt like I had to tell you that I didn’t want generalities or ambiguous feedback. When dealing with abuse survivors we are often ready to hear the most negative feedback and take it to heart. The most helpful statements and feed back you gave me was when you gave feedback that wasn’t jumbled with “popular opinion” as you often called it, but a straight committed response.

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Dr. T, as you know I have had many bad experiences with therapists. You are not one of the negative experiences I’ve had. I’d like to thank you for your time and your assistance. I wish you well on your next professional endeavor.

If for some out of the way reason you’d like to see other evaluations please visit the following links. Mw Fry – Evaluation and K. Hen – Evaluation appear online. (These links are no longer active because AOL closed their blog service.)

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