Posted by caraher on December 13, 2008, at 10:00:29 [reposted on December 13, 2008, at 11:57:29 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Bothersome incident with therapist, posted by TexasChic on December 13, 2008, at 0:28:40
I've had a range of experiences, and it seems to depend most on what kind of practice it it. Private practices tend to run by the clock; overburdened folks run behind.
What you do know is how chronic lateness by that amount of time does (or in this case, does not) work for you. I think you have every right to seek a more punctual therapist. And I don't think the therapist had any right to scold you about "no-shows," especially if you hadn't been given a set of rules about that. Expecting you to wait at least 30 minutes seems like the extreme edge of reasonable, and even then only if you've been told to expect a significant number of late starts.
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