Posted by rnny on January 14, 2010, at 12:20:36
I am looking for a new T and went for an "exploratory" meeting today with a possible new T to see if we might be a match. I won't be seeing her and these are the reasons why.
1) She only gives 45 minute sessions. I asked her if she was flexible on that, say 50 minutes. She said absolutely not. I said, "what if a patient is having a crisis, do you just tell them it is time to leave?" and she said "I start to try to get them settled 5 minutes before their time is up". She was adamant that she absolutely will NOT go over 45 minutes for a therapy session even if the patient is feeling suicidal. (I actually asked that. What if a patient is feeling suicidal and is in the middle of a hysterical crying fit? She said "I try to calm them down 5 minutes before our session is over".) And went on to say absolutely no going over 45 minutes. Never.
2) She absolutely under NO circumstances takes phone calls from her patients in between sessions. Absolutely none. She flat out does not take phone calls from patients in between sessions. None, never, nada. You cannot reach her by phone in between sessions for any reason. She will not allow phone calls in between sessions.
3). She said if a patient is having a hard time she refuses to see them a second time in the same week. Even if they are self pay or have insurance that will pay for the second appointment. She refuses under any circumstances to see a patient more than once in one week, crisis or not. She said she has a big caseload and isn't going to use the time for someone to come in for a second visit no matter what. Ever.
She laid all this information out to me as she was introducing herself. I am in shock. Needless to say I will not be seeing her.
I can't even speak. I have no words to describe how inappropriate I think her policies are. All of them put together that is but each one individually. Even unethical!
Your comments please. ps I don't need help with this, just looking for comments. I absolutely cannot believe this. She has a PhD in psychology.
poster:rnny
thread:933602
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