I agree to what you say about the time aspect, that if a T generally lets his/her clients stay some more minutes itīll ad up during the day. But thatīs only if the T has very short of time between sessions.
I think itīs almost impossible to act in a polite and caring way if a T looks that harsh upon times. Of course itīll be times when a client is in the middle of something and to me itīs only rude if the T then interrupts. Of course I donīt mean a client could stay for many minutes extra but a few minutes before to settle and a few minutes after if there are some concerns or stuff that you feel you want to tell before the session ends.
With this T itīs also that she seems inconsistent, she herself arrives late, about five or ten minutes and sometimes she has let me stay for some extra minutes when
she felt the need. But this time it was me talking about something when the session was about to end and then suddenly she had to tell me that we had stayed past the time of the session. (45 min)
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Originally Posted by Argonautomobile
Hey, if it's not going to work, it's not going to work. Which must be terribly disappointing, I understand. That said, I think it's worth giving another shot. As others have pointed out, it's still very early, your T may be trying to get a history and thus over-structuring this first session, and I do think you ought to forgive her for the time thing.
I mean, in any other context 3-4 minutes really is NOTHING, so it's natural to be miffed. Especially because those therapy minutes seem awfully precious. But 3-4 minutes here and there adds up quickly. I'd hate to be the last client of the day with a T who regularly went over by a few minutes in session (I know because I have been that last client waiting 30 minutes...)
Anyway, I hope it works out in the end.
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