Posted by raisinb on May 4, 2008, at 10:54:06
In reply to Why do therapists let you walk into the room first, posted by friesandcoke on May 2, 2008, at 19:13:32
My therapist walked in and sat down first in our first couple of sessions until she noticed I never closed the door. Then she started letting me walk in first and closing it after me.
She never sat closer to the door. Good thing, because I am the one wanting to bolt!
I wish they'd tell them in their training programs that we are sizing them up as much, if not more, than they are us. And that it's so much more important to let us know that they are friendly, open, happy to see us, than it is to figure out exactly how we are when we walk in.
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