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Posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
Is that unusually short for a session?
Posted by alexandra_k on January 13, 2005, at 22:22:22
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
Depends. It may be usual for some therapists. Especially if they see a person every hour and need 15 minutes to write up notes and go to the bathroom etc.
Have you seen them before?
Is it usual for them?
Posted by rainbowbrite on January 13, 2005, at 22:23:00
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
That is the length of mine. But I was actually wondering the same thing.
Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 14, 2005, at 0:16:46
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
No it is not I noticed my T had on his sheets all these billing codes and junk and sessions at this clinic ran from 30 to 55 minutes with the PDOC able to bill at see folks for just 15
Posted by 10derheart on January 14, 2005, at 0:20:30
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
I think this can vary quite a bit, with the type of practice, number of patients scheduled, and also the therapist's personality and attitude toward time. I think the "50-minute" hour is kind of a standard (except for some pdocs who have gone to 2-3 patients an hour - mainly checking meds and *trying* to do a tiny bit of therapy). My former T. (pdoc) did do 45-50 mins., and had to stick rigidly to this being in a super-busy clinic with people on waiting lists to see him.
Current T. (psychologist)claims to do 50 minutes, but always runs over so I get an hour. No complaints here.
This is something I highy recommend you ask about up front with a new T. And if it's a T. you've been working with, now changing length of time, even more reason for a discussion. It can be a huge thing with boundaries and such. It has been and would be for me. There have been threads on it.
Posted by annierose on January 14, 2005, at 5:20:36
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
That's how long my sessions are. I think most are 50. Are we being cheated or what? But in the state I live, everyone I do know that goes to therapy, sessions are 45. Wonder why it's regional?
Posted by mair on January 14, 2005, at 6:48:18
In reply to Re: forty five minutes, posted by annierose on January 14, 2005, at 5:20:36
Mine have always been 50 minutes, except that my meds sessions with my pdoc are a half an hour, I think.
While there are days that 50 minutes seems like an eternity, I don't think I'd like shorter. I'm a slow starter and sometimes it doesn't seem like we get to the important stuff until there's only 10 or 15 minutes left.
And we do run over some, particularly if she doesn't have a patient coming in after me. She doesn't tend to bill me for the extra time unless we extend it to another half session. Maybe she doesn't bill me because it doesn't happen that often and I tend to be more vigilant about keeping to the time than she does.
Mair
Posted by Joslynn on January 14, 2005, at 8:57:58
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
I know someone who lives in NYC and she said that 45 minutes is the standard there. Where I live, it is more like 50.
Posted by morning*bell on January 14, 2005, at 10:03:36
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
Mine are 45 minutes. Very occasionally we'll run over 5 minutes or so if she doesn't feel I'm okay to leave or if we're really into a subject and trying to wrap things up. I wish I had 50 though. Somehow that 5 minutes seems like a big deal :)
Posted by Dinah on January 14, 2005, at 17:56:53
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
Fifty minutes is the standard here. I hear some therapists try to squeeze in more clients by cutting down session time. I think that would be a bad reason.
Others cut down session time to have more time to prepare for sessions, write notes, return calls, etc. That's a decent enough reason, if it pays off in better sessions.
My therapist isn't busy enough where we have to do that. We have our fifty minutes, and often that doesn't even include the appointment scheduling.
Posted by littleone on January 16, 2005, at 15:08:42
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
Hmmm, I seem to be the exception here. I get an hour long hour.
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