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Originally Posted by stopdog
I personally would never see a therapist who expected me to pay if I gave them reasonable notice that I could not make the appointment. I know some therapists act like it is a salary for them. If it works for you, then fine, but I would not hire one who worked like that. I think there are plenty out there who are not completely incompetent who do not work like that. In my community, it is not usual for a therapist to expect a salary. I am particularly appalled at how those types dictate the time off (their vacation for example, but not the client's).
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Well, maybe that's how it works where you are. But my T is in private practice. He doesn't just act like it's a salary for him - it actually is.
I am self-employed. If my clients repeatedly scheduled work only to cancel it, I would not be able to earn a living. I don't charge people for cancelling on me - but if they mess me about more than once, I will drop them. Forever. I can't afford to let them mess me about as, unlike my T, I don't have a policy for this. It's not appropriate in my line of work (I'm a writer working from home). It is in his.
Some therapy clients only reschedule once in a while but, if you let people cancel, some will abuse that. It is completely reasonable that, if you hire a therapist, you are agreeing to pay for a certain number of sessions and you can't just cancel here, there and everywhere.
I personally would never see a therapist who didn't treat their business like a business, because if they just let people cancel and didn't value their own services, I would constantly worry that their business was about to go under. The fact my T takes good care of himself in this way is reassuring to me.