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Posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
say anything about them?
Just wondering. My T has a poor selection, well, what I mean, magazines that I would never buy at Borders. But she does keep them current, something I can't say about my dentist office. I can easily find "People" from 2004 or later :-)
My T's selection: Photography something or other,
Good Housekeeping (not hip), U.S. News & World Report, and Psychology Today.What's yours?
Posted by alexandra_k on September 6, 2005, at 20:37:01
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
i get a lovely selection of pamphlets on suicide and ones rights when under a compulsory assessment and treatment order. stuff about getting into job training schemes too. woo hoo. i think it does say rather a lot about them...
and probably about the typical client too...
Posted by LadyBug on September 6, 2005, at 22:47:32
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by alexandra_k on September 6, 2005, at 20:37:01
Interesting topic!
In my therapist's office I see; Readers Digest, Oprah, Good Housekeeping, Womans Day, PC World, an entertainment magazine about the movie stars. Sometimes they're pretty current, sometimes they're a few months old. I'd say that's a good varitey of magazines.
Lately I don't leave myself enough time to read. I just sit down and she comes to get me. I need to leave home earlier, I have at least a 20 min. drive and I really need to take 30! That's a goal.
LadyBug
Posted by Tabitha on September 6, 2005, at 22:55:07
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
Back in the glory days of the waiting room, there was a new People every week. I actually got hooked on People from reading it in there. Then People disappeared. I complained, but it didn't do much good. For a long time there wasn't much of anything. Now there are just random copies of magazines, probably whatever the therapists or clients discard in there. Usually U.S. News or Time, a couple of Better Homes & Gardens, and a very occasional Real Simple or Psychology Today. Definitely no regular subscription going on.
Posted by sleepygirl on September 6, 2005, at 23:14:18
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
Rolling Stone- rock on with your therapized self!!
and another one just about liking what you do for a living- don't remember the title-I think that one is SOOOOO cool.
and some other stuff
Posted by All Done on September 6, 2005, at 23:33:05
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
about my T...other than he doesn't like to throw old magazines out :).
Architectural Digest
The Atlantic Monthly
Chicago
Fit Yoga (I believe his officemate brings this one.)
The New Yorker
Time Out Chicago
Vanity Fair
And the occassional comic books set on the other table with the lamp and radioDo you think they put a lot of thought into what magazines to put out? I suppose it depends on the T.
Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 7, 2005, at 0:07:17
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
My T's waiting room only has chairs, no reading materials. I suspect that she is trying to discourage folks from coming to their appts too early, in order to increase confidentiality. Does anyone else's T do this?
Someone above mentioned the New Yorker. I smiled b/c as far as I can tell, all T's love the New Yorker. ;)
Some T's try to make sure that they don't have any mags that are loaded with diet info and unhealthy stereotypes about women. While good in principle, it often leaves the mag selection quite dull.
Best,
EE
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:23:13
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by alexandra_k on September 6, 2005, at 20:37:01
I think it does say something about their typical client too. I tend to keep the book I'm reading in my purse, so I always pull that out to pass the 5 - 10 minute wait that seems like 30.
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:24:56
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by LadyBug on September 6, 2005, at 22:47:32
"Oprah" would be welcomed in my waiting room. Do they still make Readers Digest?
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:27:09
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Tabitha on September 6, 2005, at 22:55:07
My daughter's therapist once told me, one of her favorite perks for being a doctor was all the free magazine subscriptions, that she never had to buy "People" at the grocery ever again.
So, IMO, there's no excuse for a solid selection :-)
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:27:46
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by sleepygirl on September 6, 2005, at 23:14:18
I'm jealous! Your T must be young and hip.
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:31:47
In reply to Re: You guys tell me..., posted by All Done on September 6, 2005, at 23:33:05
Beefcake is definitely an intellectual-type ... very heady type of magazines .... or his clients are!! I don't know, from what you describe, "Fit Yoga" may be part of his in-between client routine. I like the comic book touch ... does he see kids? or is that for the kid in all of us?
You're right. Magazine selections shouldn't be their main focus.
p.s. thinking of you tonight and the big reveal ... it is tonight isn't it?
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:35:00
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 7, 2005, at 0:07:17
No magazines? Well, it must be a "clutter-free" zone waiting room. For a holiday present, I would give him/her a few subscriptions for the office! What's a girl to do without reading material ... think? reflect?
My husband loves "New Yorker" ... not a T.
Posted by daisym on September 7, 2005, at 10:34:18
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ... » Emily Elizabeth, posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:35:00
I've seen - US News and World report, People, Time, Psy Today, The Therapist, Whole Earth, Highlights,Sunset and a few more. But there at least 5 therapists whose use the waiting room. There are crayons and paper to draw on in there too.
I don't read anything. I sit like a school girl, knees together, feet flat on the floor in a single chair (not the couch) imagining myself in the paintings. I try not to worry but whenever I see someone I don't know in there with me, I'm sure he is coming to get them, that I've screwed up the time and I'll be mortified in the next 30 seconds because I'm not supposed to be there. Sometimes in my head when yhere are lots of people in there I find myself saying over and over again, "please come and get me out of here. Please come and rescue me now." I find the wait stressful.
Posted by Poet on September 7, 2005, at 19:18:55
In reply to Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by Annierose on September 6, 2005, at 19:57:04
She shares an office suite with a bunch of other Ts. One of them has three copies of TV Guide delivered there. No TV in the waiting room, just plenty of TV Guides. I guess it's so we can see what we're missing when we're sitting there.
Otherwise there's other magazines, like Home and Garden and Self. I just straighten them, I don't read them. What does that say about me?
Former pdoc had Rolling Stone. I knew there was something about him I liked...
Poet
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 20:51:27
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ..., posted by daisym on September 7, 2005, at 10:34:18
I often have that feeling that I'm at the wrong appointment time too. Especially when I have switched days and/or times, I'm sure that she forgot to mark the change in her calendar, and sure that someone will come in for their regular appointment slot. She is extremely prompt, so even if she's 30 seconds tardy, I think, I knew it, I'm here at the wrong time.
Why do we fret?
Posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 20:54:49
In reply to Re: Do the magazines in our T's office ... » Annierose, posted by Poet on September 7, 2005, at 19:18:55
TV Guide ... I agree, that is odd. On Fridays, the client, I'm guessing, before me, always tilts the lamp shade on a 45 degree angle. So I always straighten it out.
Loved your "Alice in Wonderland" quote BTW.
Posted by All Done on September 8, 2005, at 2:16:42
In reply to Re: You guys tell me... » All Done, posted by Annierose on September 7, 2005, at 7:31:47
> Beefcake is definitely an intellectual-type ... very heady type of magazines .... or his clients are!! I don't know, from what you describe, "Fit Yoga" may be part of his in-between client routine. I like the comic book touch ... does he see kids? or is that for the kid in all of us?
Well, he's told me he doesn't know much about yoga. Karate is his thing.
He works at a daycare at least one day a week and has mentioned working with children several times. That said, I would have picked up the comic book, but it looked like a scary "boys'" one :-P.
> You're right. Magazine selections shouldn't be their main focus.
Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to imply that. I think I like if they put plenty of thought into what magazines they have. And I love this thread :-).
> p.s. thinking of you tonight and the big reveal ... it is tonight isn't it?
Thanks (and thanks for the babblemail response)! I posted about it below.
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