Posted by spalding on May 26, 2007, at 22:28:14
In reply to Re: To clarify, for his sake » annierose, posted by Dinah on May 22, 2007, at 5:53:00
While my T. turns off his phone/pager during sessions, my pdoc does not, since his is on in case of emergencies. It rings occasionally, and he usually turns it off. But about twice in my four years of seeing my pdoc, he has interrupted our session and gotten on the phone, and it has clearly been in the case of a person who is in desperate straits, usually facing imminent hospitalization. I remember one or two times when pdoc interrupted a session to speak with me. He let me know this was the case, and thank g--d that he took a few minutes for me at the time.
Though my T. keeps his phone off, I typically have mine on, I just forget to turn it off since I don't get many calls. A couple of times, my pdoc has called while I'm in session with my T. My T. and my pdoc know when I am seeing each of them, since they work together. So pdoc will be trying to time things right before I go in with T., but sometimes overshoots the time. Usually pdoc will be calling in response to a message from me, which means I usually just need a minute of his time, and usually a bit of reassurance. So, when pdoc has called while T. and I are in session, I have always taken his call. I ask my T. to leave the room, he does, and gives me the time I need. He has reassured me that he doesn't see this as an affront, as he and pdoc work together on my case.
Anyway, all are rare occasions, and they're all good, all around...
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