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Originally Posted by SkyscraperMeow
I feel like the advice you've given would be really sound if we were talking about what to do if a friend is ill, or someone who you were in business with. It's not applicable to the therapy relationship though.
If a therapist is too ill to communicate what is happening to clients, then those clients need to be referred on. Period. The client is not beholden to patiently wait for the therapist to feel like getting in touch.
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You've missed my point somewhat. My point is that the T probably didn't go into this with a real idea of how this might affect her ability to do even the simplest tasks like answering her emails. Her intentions seemed to be very good to keep in touch and do exactly what you are saying from what the OP said, but the reality is that she may have over-estimated that ability and under-estimated exactly how sick she would actually be feeling.
It isn't about being "beholden" to wait. That's not what I said at all. What I said is that there is probably not much more the OP CAN do at this point if she can't get information from the T's office BUT wait if her T is physically that unwell at this moment. Like it or not, if her T is that unwell, she can text and email everyday if she wants, but until her T is able, she probably will just have to wait.