Yea know the feeling except with one diference. I don't get that kind of attitude at my therapy agency for the most part. But I have in the past gotten the are you done with that therapy nonses yet attitudes from people who know me. I haven't gotten any recently. Partly I think because this time after I entered therapy a DHS caseworker knowing my history of dropping out of therapy for all kinds of reasons had my staying in therapy court mandated that I stay in according to my therapist discression. That court order is now closed and so its now my choice of staying in therapy. There are those that did not like it that I was court mandated to remain in therapy but I personally don't have a problem with it. It took years to get the way I am now so its may just take years to get everything fixed to the point where I no longer loose time and so on. like I recently wrote in one of my journal entries that I gave to my therapist when her co workers thought they had a right to force her to go faster then her and I could on a project and be done with it on a deadline - therapy isnt "ok you are going to work on things, this day and time, this day and this day and time and ok you're done now." problems like losing time, nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks, self injury ... dont work on time limits of ok its time to have a nightmare ok now its time to be nightmare free clap the hands snap the fingers and the person is no longer ever going to have that same nightmare again.

Therapy sessions are set by what the client needs. some people need only a few sessions and they are fine and still others need years worth and still others go for a bit take a break and go for a bit and take another break.

Who decides that is the client and the therapist based on what that persons problems are not all these people with there "get done" attitudes who don't want family laundry aired in public or those that fear someone who is in therapy at the moment.

I used to be very self conscious about making my appointments in the lobby with the receptionists but then one receptions saw my discomfort with it and leaned closer and said -

"you think its hard in here making an appointment you should see the reactions when people find out that I work in a therapy office, they think I am just as nuts and I used to use the back door when coming in to work so no one would see me entering the building just incase someone who knew me saw me"

I couldnt help but see the humor I was afraid of making appointments in the lobby where everyone is there either to work there or see someone there. This receptionist had to enter a building for "crazy people" and work with crazy people according to a lot of peoples standards of the general public view of what therapy is.

I no longer have a problem setting my appointments at the reception area when I have to.

Also most therapy professionals have their own "planner" that they have in the office with them. They set the appointment at the end of the session and give the client an appointment card and then later on the therapist writes his or her scheduled sessions down for the receptionist so that when people do call or wallk in they know what timeslots are available for each therapist.

Maybe you can talk to your therapist and ask that they set your next appointment right after your session or right befor starting the session you are there for. that way you do not have to set your appointment in the reception area of by calling in.