Posted by mair on January 28, 2005, at 22:38:16
In reply to Re: Note taking, posted by Dinah on January 27, 2005, at 22:36:16
It's not like she makes reading these things back as part of a regular session. Mostly it's when neither one of us can remember something from a recent session and she looks back at her notes and just reads aloud what she had written.
I was a little disconcerted when she first started taking notes, but I guess I don't see the difference between taking them in session or right afterwards so long as it doesn't disrupt the rhythm of the session. I guess she does get stuff in more detail. I know they're not always in super detail. She told me recently that she wrote the word "miss" is large writing after a particularly bad session recently to signify that we just weren't on the same wavelength. That doesn't sound too detailed.
As to the there for posterity part, I guess I do have to trust her. I know with all of these notes, my file is two pretty thick folders. I've never had any desire to read my file, and it doesn't sound as if my file has alot of editorial comment to it anyway. So I figure I can't win either way - I don't like reading my own words, and I don't like seeing myself referred to in clinical terms.
Periodically, I do worry about what happens to my file if she's suddenly killed in an accident. Anyone know the protocol for this?
Mair
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