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Old Jun 19, 2015, 10:49 AM
Anonymous50122
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I don't think things are that black and white - clients do have different situations. I know the one time I called the first one I see to set up a second appointment in the week - she acted over-the-top glad I did so. She mistakenly believes I will not request assistance from people if I think it would be useful - I do, we just do not agree on when and what would be useful. I have never done it again (mostly because of her over-exhuberance which was distressing to me)

The second one tried to get me to call her more in between appointments - and acted all super happy the couple of times I tried it. I did not find it super useful - but the therapist seemed to think they needed to tell me a lot that it was good I did so (I did not bother saying how unuseful it had been).

So it is possible, that some of them find, with some clients, that it is a good thing rather than a bad thing.
It seems ironical that there are some people on this board who are discouraged from seeking support between sessions and others who are encouraged to do so. Perhaps it depends on the T and the client. It doesn't come natural to me to seek support, I've waited till I'm in my 40's to mention my emotions to anyone at all, beyond everyday stuff.