Hi,
I've been seeing a therapist since late March, and initially, she saw me for fifty minutes. The third session, she communicated that her sessions were forty five minutes. I am not opposed to a 45 minute session, but I noticed that she always starts late and ends early. She piggybacks clients so if a session ends at 4, she has another session starting at 4:05. However, this means that she gets me at 4:10 for a 4:05 session and lets me go at 4:45. I have been struggling with how to communicate with her that I'd like to get the time to which I am entitled and that I feel that our treatment is going nowhere in part because of her decision to end early, do scheduling, and then release me early. I don't want to disrespect her or make her upset by bringing it up, but I do think it's important that she knows that that is a big reason I don't disclose. We are pretty close in age, which makes our dynamic somewhat complicated sometimes (both young). I've had one other therapist before and I felt it was a waste of two years. Now, I actually feel like work is getting done, but she's not giving me the time I deserve. What do I do?