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Old Jul 06, 2017, 07:12 PM
Anonymous43207
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Me likee large and detailed polls!!

1. how often you see therapist for regularly scheduled in person sessions Originally weekly sometimes twice a week, currently every two weeks, but am about to take an extended break.
2. what method of out of office contact do you have: (call office and leave message, call personal phone, text, email; any of the above) I can call, text and email. I call/text only for scheduling purposes or if I really really need support. I pretty routinely email at least once the evening of or the next day following a session - my introverted self doesn't always have responses to things until later. Except for yesterday. Yesterday it all came out in session. Ugh.
3. how often do you contact your therapist outside of sessions Pretty much only the after-session emails. I am paranoid of becoming a pain in the butt.
4. how quickly your therapist contacts you back Depends on the time of day. If it's in the morning, I usually hear back the same day. If it's late in the day, usually the next day. There have been times where she has not responded at all and she told me why in the following session.
5. Last section is WHY you are able to contact: She's never put any rules on it other than making it clear from the beginning that she does not do therapy via email and she prefers to use it only for scheduling. I imagine since I've been seeing her for such a long time, she doesn't tell me not to send other stuff.
6. ***** edit**** this would not fit in poll but I would be interested in responses left in replys ...... Does your therapist ever initiate the out of session contact to check in on your well being for therapeutic reasons (NOT just scheduling related though) or for nontherapeutic reasons like sending a meme they thought you would enjoy or something like that (not inappropriate in nature and the appropriateness at all can be in discussion if you want, but I just mean as a 'friendly' gesture but not related to session material)
She does, yes. I recall back in 2013 I'd been on a break from therapy for a couple of months when my Dad passed away. I called her that morning for support, and we had a brief conversation, and then that was it. Then a couple weeks later she emailed to check on my well being. I went back to therapy maybe a month after that email. There are other times when she has sent something funny after a session that relates to what we had just talked about. I don't think she's ever initiated contact that had nothing to do with something that came up in a session.