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Old Apr 03, 2015, 10:00 AM
brillskep brillskep is offline
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I have my therapist's email address and cell phone number, but that's the norm in my country. In fact, the information is quite public. Then again, my therapist works in private practice, so he had to give me his own contact info; I'm sure that might be different for therapists who work in clinics etc. I do some volunteer work at an NGO working with people with various mental health issues, and I don't know the policy for employees but volunteers are forbidden from giving out phone numbers to the clients. I wouldn't be surprised if that were the policy for employees as well.

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear you are so upset about your therapist's boundary around contact. It may be due to any number of reasons, ranging from personal need for space to office policies which aren't up to him. If this is a new therapist, perhaps it may be an option for you to consider seeing someone else. If you're attached or want to work with this one for any reason, perhaps talking to your current therapist about your feelings and needs and see if you can find any other way to fulfill those needs.