Posted by geramiemonkey on November 29, 2003, at 11:32:40
In reply to New Question from a Therapist, posted by DaisyM on November 26, 2003, at 19:08:48
This is only my third post here, so I hope I'm doing this right...
Hi Daisy,
I sometimes used to call my therapist two or three times in between appointments. He didn't mind, but I did. I hated "bothering" him. Recently we had a huge misunderstanding b/c of one of those calls. So he put a huge limit on the calls by telling me he will not respond to any calls unless I can tell him how, exactly, I expect him to help me. Well, just calling because i need to be reassured won't cut it. Now I am very afraid that whatever I say,he will not think that it is worth calling me back, something like that.
When I first starting seeing him about 4 years ago I was a whole lot needier than I am now. I told him that I couldn't go one entire week in between appointments (i hate the word-session). So we had a set up where he would call thursday nights at 9:00. We'd usually talk for about 30-40 minutes. He would end the conversations with a story. Those phone calls were life savers. He did, however, charge me for them :( But that was ok because he really wasn't calling socially.
Anyway, just my two cents worth...
geramie
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