I will be joining a therapy group on July 17th. This has been planned for six weeks. I have been waiting for one member of the group to "graduate" before I can join. My therapist just told me on Saturday that there will be one other new member joining with me on the same day.

This was news to me. I thought "oh great now I will be overshadowed by someone else on my first day."

i did not say anything to T. I feel that he should know me well enough by now (3 years) to know that I have a major problems a) feeling like I am part of a group and b) feeling comfortable talking and "taking up space".

Do I have the right to ask that I join the group alone that night? Or am I being silly?