Posted by baseball55 on September 6, 2016, at 19:10:46
In reply to Therapist keeps falling asleep, posted by Rockerr on September 5, 2016, at 17:29:59
Well, 5-8 seconds isn't long, but long enough I guess to be distracting. If a therapist isn't there in the room with you a 100% then you should find someone who can be. Would you pay to take college classes with a teacher who was dozing in and out? Or pay a plumber who kept nodding off on your dime?
The problem with therapy is that patients can become so emotionally enmeshed in the process that they let behaviors go that are completely unprofessional. Remember that you are paying this therapist. It is a professional relationship.
> My therapist seems to briefly fall asleep a few times. I asked him about it, he said he was not asleep. I thought it was odd since it was clear to be he had briefly dozed off (5-8 seconds). He does not typically close his eyes for a few seconds at a time and after 3 years seeing him this has happened in the last 18 months.
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> Surprised and confused he said he wasn't sleeping, I consulted a friend of mine who fired my therapist. My therapist told me never to refer anyone to him again as loaded for me when my friend fired him. Anyways without my prompting him my friend told me he fired my therapist mostly because it was a bad fit but when he fell asleep on him multiple times my friend said that was all he could take and fired him.
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> I'm not sure what to do. I like this therapist we have made progress but I really don't know how to handle him falling asleep and then denying it.
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