Posted by Penny on July 2, 2003, at 12:54:40
In reply to Re: The OTHER clients..., posted by noa on July 2, 2003, at 12:39:16
I certainly see everyone's point about the girl in the waiting room and other reasons she might not be willing to make eye contact. I guess I was just looking at it from my perspective, which is that the main reason I wouldn't make eye contact with another patient would be because I wouldn't want to think of them with MY therapist.
My therapist is usually the only one in the office when I go (there are four who share office space), so everyone coming in and out are there to see her usually. I say everyone - there's usually only one person in the waiting room at a time, so I see the girl who leaves before me and the woman whose session is after mine. It's a really small office, so there's no separate entrance for clients coming and going, so it can be a bit awkward. One time the girl was looking for something in the magazines right after her session b/f my therapist came out to get me, and the magazines were on a table right next to me, and it was just too close for comfort. Made me feel really strange that she would have to stand that close to where I was sitting when she's never even looked at me (when I could notice).
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