I think this has to do with his therapeutic orientation and that he thinks it´s important to meet at the same time every week. I see my T different days and times every week but my T always aims for us having six or seven days between each session as we see each other just once a week.
If you don´t see any problems with seeing him different days and times I would say that to him and perhaps ask him if there is some special reason he doesn´t seem to be willing to do that. If it depends on him having a tight schedule with almost every patient seeing him the same time and day every week that could be an explanation and perhaps something that´s hard to do anything about.
The clothing thing I think has more to do with how he prefers to dress. It´s like in another job, some dress more casually and some like more of suits, ties, shirts and so on. I´ve met with T:s within the same orientation and some dressed in a bohemian style while others were more dressed up.
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Originally Posted by Lrad123
My T is a psychodynamic therapist and I’ve been seeing him for about 10 months. I have a standing appointment on the same day and at the same time every week. If I’m going on vacation or need to cancel for some reason I need to give 2 weeks notice, otherwise I pay for the session. When this was new to me it sort of bothered me, but now it doesn’t. He also gives me about 3-4 weeks notice for his vacations. We’ve talked for a while about adding a second weekly appointment, but initially I wasn’t interested and later we had trouble finding a second time due to my work schedule. I have one weekday off each week and that’s the day I see my T. The other 4 weekdays my work schedule is busy and unpredictable. I’m thinking I’d like to see him a second time/week, but ideally on different days/times as my schedule permits. I know when we talked about this in the past he said this wasn’t ideal, I’m just not sure I understand why. Isn’t it better to see him at varied times for the 2nd weekly appointment than to not see him at all? Please help me understand.
Also, I’m just wondering if his wardrobe has anything to the with the frame. He wears really plain professional clothes - either khaki or black pants and white or black dress shirt. My son’s CBT therapist is very hip and fashionable so I definitely notice the contrast and it makes me wonder if my T dresses this way to take the focus off of him.
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