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Originally Posted by maybeblue
I often have trouble understanding psychodynamic therapy and what the rules are. Personally I can't see why it matters what day you have appointments on. I generally have appointments on about the same day, but it isn't always weekly and it isn't always consistent. I think that there is definitely a point for me when there is "too much" therapy. I run out of stuff to say if I'm not in crisis or acutely distressed about something. Then I know it's time to back off on the number of sessions I have. When I'm very stressed and am doing things like calling crisis lines or emailing my therapist at 2 in the morning, then I know that it's time to increase them.
I'll be really honest, I bet that your therapist's scheduling fussiness has a lot more to do with his own personality than anything empirically based. But if I otherwise liked him, I'd put up with it, I wouldn't count on him being flexible with the second appointment sometimes and not others though. Sounds like that might stress him out.
I am curious about the two week cancelation policy: what if you have the stomach flu or bubonic plague or something? Does he still want you to show up?
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Yes, all the rules that come with the whole psychodynamic thing can seem strange, can’t they? So maybe his scheduling has less to do with the psychodynamic frame than his own personal preference. I guess I understand that. I think he said something once about it feeling safer or something if you know you have the same time every week, I just don’t know if I really buy that.
As for the 2 week cancellation policy, I’ve actually never been sick in the 10 months that I’ve been seeing him, but I contemplate cancelling all the time and this probably keeps me from doing it.