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Originally Posted by sherbet
I contacted a T yesterday (Wednesday) to ask if she's accepting new clients and whether we can set up an initial consult (either phone or in-person). She wrote back today (Thursday) that she is accepting new clients and she is available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Saturday and asked what day works best. I said any of those, sooner is better. That was seven hours ago and I have a feeling I won't be hearing from her until tomorrow at this point.
I know that seven hours or even a day is not a long time in the grand scheme of things. Maybe she's having a crazy, busy day. I'm not having some kind of emergency. Am I being anxious and unreasonable? How long does it take to contact your T re scheduling?
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You are a new client who is not having a crisis. You told the T you wanted the earliest appointment available but did not indicate any reason you needed to to know a time/date asap. The first e-mail you sent her, she responded to it within 24 hours. You don't know anything about her client schedule or personal life. She could be slammed with clients, maybe one of her clients had a crisis which she had to attend to, or maybe she had personal things she was doing.
Given that you are a new client and not in crisis, I think being this upset b/c the T hasn't written back in 7 hours is unreasonable. I would give her at least 24 hours to respond to non-crisis e-mail.
As for appointments, I schedule my appointment with my T at the end of each session. No reason for me to play phone or e-mail tag. At the end of my time, before I walk out of the room, my next appointment is set. I don't see any reason why you can't do the same starting in the 1st appointment.