Posted by annierose on January 23, 2007, at 20:42:00
When you arrive at your therapist's office, how do you let him/her know that you are there?
My t has a solo private practice - so there is only the waiting client in the waiting room (the client "in session" w/my t does not leave through that room so we don't see each other, unless of course the client decides to wait in the hallway, but that was another thread ...).
Anyway, once in the waiting room there is a doorbell to announce you have arrived. I HATE THAT DOORBELL. I never use it. My t realized early on that I don't use it and comes and gets me on time.
Today it became an issue. She was in the general office complex hallway, exiting from the bathroom and I was almost right behind her going to my session. I assumed she saw me, she didn't, and she went to get me, I wasn't there, but as one door shut, another opened (how could she not hear that?)... anyway, I sat and sat and sat waiting for her to get me. I finally realized she didn't know I arrived. So I pressed that darn "ding-dong" button.
It feels so intrusive. Even though I knew there was no client "in-session" since it was my time, I HATE IT. I told her today that I won't push it. She kindly requested that I would, "I like to know when you arrive so we don't have this happen." She did add the time to the end of my session.
I was still angry. And there isn't a reason to be. Hmmm.
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