Posted by Dinah on October 29, 2003, at 20:03:43
In reply to Re: Perfect Therapy Patient Club, posted by Poet on October 29, 2003, at 19:15:12
I'm not sure I want to belong. I'm holding out for my therapist to decide to head the Perfect Therapy Therapist Club. Hey! It's their job! And I don't mind helping him get better at it.
> > We'll need a list of rules -- or at least interpretations of those that break the rules. As in:
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> > Being on time - What does too early or too late mean?Being too early means you'll never have your session cut short. My therapist always runs late. In fact I'm pretty sure he thinks the session starts at ten after. But if I'm not there for ten minutes after the start of session, he can legitimately cut my session short. So I'm always five or so minutes early. If I'm earlier than that I wait in the car.
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> > Dressing for the visit: Do you think about it? If so, what does that mean?
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I dress oddly. In comfortable clothes, and in my most natural style, which can be seen as odd. He has addressed my appearance from time to time. And I think he reads more into how I dress than it really means. I think he is particularly offended by my braids (or since I got my hair cut, my two inch long ponytails).I do generally bathe, and don't go in if my hair hasn't been washed in a long time. That's more than I do sometimes in real life, so he can't use my hygiene as a mood barometer as much as I do.
> >What foods are we endorsing for post-therapy consolation: (I vote for cream of wheat :)!
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Ugh, who can eat. I fall asleep. My hope is to make it home before I fall asleep. I do think that falling asleep while driving would qualify me as a bad therapy client in my therapist's eyes.> How many times is sneaking a glance at the clock or your watch allowable per session?
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I usually glance whenever I open a new topic. It only makes sense. He keeps his clock politely open to view. And I have to keep an eye on him so that there isn't therapy session shortening crawl. If I let him get away with it, our sessions would only be forty minutes I think. He uses me to catch up time on!!!!I think mine just wants me to be totally honest with him about what I'm thinking, and not obsess too much on termination. And not self injure. And be productive at work. And pay his bill. As long as I do that, he's ok with the rest.
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