I am curious to know (if you are comfortable sharing) what kind of off-hours access you have to your T. I am uncomfortable with what's available to me with the one I have now.

I have been at this therapy gig for most of the last 10 years, and in all that time, I have had everything from various Ts' email addresses to home phone numbers. The current one I have no way to get hold of after hours. I had to cancel my last appointment, and I ended up just not showing up, which I felt terrible about, but what could I do? I found out Sunday night that I had to do something for work at 8:00 Monday morning, when my appt. was supposed to be. I hung up with my editor and called T's office. I got the "our office hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Please call back during regular business hours. Goodbye," click, no way to leave a message. I called at 7:59 Monday morning and nobody picked up the phone. I then had to turn it off, because they make you turn it off in the courtroom. So what was I supposed to do?

I'm disturbed by this lack of access, but unfortunately, it seems to be indicative of the mental health care in this particular hospital system. I live in a rural area and there is not very much choice as far as Ts and pdocs, so I"m kind of stuck. It's totally not what I'm used to, and I don't much like it. But I don't really have a choice.

Anybody got any ideas, please pass them on.

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