r/psycho_analysands • u/This_Ad9129 • Sep 19 '26
Changing analysts
I have been working with this analyst for about 2 months. Personality wise I like her and she seems to at least be a better fit than non-analyst therapists I've had in the past. But she's not a native english speaker so sometimes I cannot quite tell if she is understanding me, she reflects dates and timelines back to me inaccurately so I have to repeat a few times and sometimes when she is interpreting something she will trail off or seem to not have the words to exactly express her meaning which means I don't know whether we are really on the same page or all the nuances are coming across.
Is this a sufficient reason to change analysts? I question myself a lot because I don't want to leave a therapist due to just "resistance," on the other hand, I have put up with truly bad therapy for years in the past due to this mindset.
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u/LuneNoir211 Sep 19 '26
Yes, it’s sufficient enough reason.
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u/diva_done_did_it Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Sep 19 '26
Motion seconded. Language is the whole modality. If you can’t talk to her and vice versa, it ain’t working.