Posted by LibraryGirl on December 13, 2008, at 12:28:11
In reply to Bothersome incident with therapist, posted by luckygal on December 13, 2008, at 11:57:28
I can relate. I've been seeing my new T for about a month now, and every session from the first it's been some thing or other.
My first scheduled appt. was with her in October. I show up, she comes out into the waiting area and says,"Oh I tried to reach you but your phone wasn't working. I had to give your appt to someone else." I was dumbfounded. She was very apologetic at the time, but still felt like she was blaming me b/c my phone wasn't working (which, is untrue; I had gotten calls on my home phone all week; I suspect she misdialed). I refused to call her back for a reschedule. To her credit, she did call me, apologized, said she really wanted to meet with me, so I rescheduled. Since then, most appts have soem sort of minor problem. She's either running late (although she hasn't (so far) shortened my session time due to this) or she has people traipsing in and out of the office, plus she takes her dog into work with her, so sometimes while we talk she's feeding the dog, etc. I've put up with it up until now for various reasons, and everyone is different. If you feel you can't work with a T who may be unreliable, you did a good thing in telling her this. If she can't accept her responsibility, then maybe she wasn't the right fit for you; best to find that out now.
Good luck
LG
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