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but I felt like for my first session back I wanted her dog not be there. she said that would be hard to do.

she may have personal reasons for her dog being there...but it didn't seem like much to ask for just one hour for a single session to have the dog NOT be there (when i'm trying to make a decision about returning to therapy or giving up altogether). i'm probably asking too much though.

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Wow. You are not asking too much! One of my best friends IRL is a psychologist, and she actually takes her dog with her to therapy. I told her that if I were one of her clients, I wouldn't want the dog there (nothing against dogs, I'd just prefer to have no distraction). She said she does have a couple of clients who don't like the dog present. In those cases, she puts the dog in a crate in another room, and they never even see him. Lots of her clients like the dog though so she mostly leaves him out. But she definitely considers her clients' needs first! Your therapist should have put your needs ahead for the therapy session!!!

Sidony