Anonymous: What happened at the group?
It was only me, one other client and the group leader. The other client wasn’t making sense (she had weird requirements about what she counts as easy to make for breakfast and it was so limiting that the only two things she could come up with were ensure or yogurt as options…she also wants to do IE now and do a meal plan down the road after that) so we were trying to understand what she meant and clarify. Then she told us we were being insensitive and invalidating and then she told the therapist that she was being rude and that she ‘doesn’t understand eating disorders which is funny because you work at an eating disorder center’ and I was just sitting there. And then the therapist left and said she was getting another therapist to step in, and 15 minutes later a different therapist came in and led the rest of group which totally switched gears into me checking in. Then after group the client and 2nd therapist stayed and checked in for like 30 minutes so we started dinner 25 minutes late or something very long like that
I’m probably not telling the story very well or getting to how freakin uncomfortable and dramatic that was. I feel so bad for the group leader for having to put up with that. I have a lot of feelings around the other client but probably shouldn’t get into it on here. IOP is literally just me and her but hopefully a friend I have is coming back tonight after her holiday at home and that’ll make things a little less weird
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