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Re: His Comments » bell_75

Posted by Dinah on April 24, 2004, at 2:34:15

In reply to Re: His Comments » Speaker, posted by bell_75 on April 23, 2004, at 22:37:10

Ouch. I have a real problem with vagueness in scheduling appointments. I'm almost glad I've pitched enough hissy fits in the past that my therapist would never dream of just cancelling without a reason or telling me he's not sure he can schedule without a reason. I get upset enough when he does it *for* a reason.

Last year he couldn't decide if he was going away for Christmas pretty much until after Christmas. I finally called him and told him not to bother, as I wasn't *that* pathetic. As it turns out, I was. And when he didn't go away I went in as usual. :(

Not that I'm advocating pitching a hissy fit. I imagine it doesn't make me my therapist's favorite client. But I think a worried expressed hope that everything is ok under those circumstances should be met with some sort of explanation, however limited. Too much information might leave us too worried about them, but too little stirs up all those abandonment issues.

Gosh, it's a tough job. But even so, they ought to have more sense. I asked my therapist once if his other clients heard that he wasn't going to be there and said, "Oh, goody."

 

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