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Old May 13, 2012, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
What do therapists say when a client says they think the therapist should be helping someone else? Has anyone told their therapist this?

The time that another girl showed up at my appt time (I had the 3:30, she was the 2:30 but had missed it) I told T that I felt like I should have given her my time slot (She was quite upset in the lobby.) He vigorously shook his head no while I was saying I thought that she probably needed the appt more than I did. The whole thing was rather awkward since we were talking about a very specific client of his that I had seen. She quit therapy in the waiting room when he came to get me.

The really odd thing was that in the appointment confusion they hadn't paged him that I was there. So he was just randomly walking out into the lobby and WHAMMO! he got hit with two agitated clients. I was upset because at first I was horribly embarrassed that I'd shown up at the wrong time. After that I felt bad that I couldn't bring myself to let her have the appointment.