Posted by Wittgensteinz on December 14, 2008, at 6:13:15
In reply to Bothersome incident with therapist, posted by luckygal on December 13, 2008, at 11:57:28
This would bother me too - in fact reading your post makes me feel quite annoyed. Us patients have lives too and our own schedules to keep to. If we have an appointment on a given time, then that's when it should be, in my opinion. I've never ever had to wait for my T. I arrive and the session starts. He manages this by having 15 minutes between patients and as a rule not going over session-time by more than 5 minutes. Likewise, during sessions, the phone is put straight through to the answer machine, so he is focused entirely on the person sitting there with him.
I think you are best not going back to this woman - and I'm sorry she has made you question yourself. I think your need for punctuality is perfectly reasonable - it sounds like she is the one with the problem, and she also sounds a trifle controlling and disrespectful.
One thing, does she have a secretary - and if so, did the secretary explain that she was running late? Maybe in this case it would be reasonable to wait, as you would have known that something had come up.
I also see a pdoc and again he runs on-time, give or take 5 or 10 minutes. He sees patients back-to-back, so some delays are more understandable.
I hope you find the right T for you.
Witti
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