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Originally Posted by SalingerEsme
Do you think there ever comes a time in which skipping a session is not acting out, but is a valid communication? Maybe you feel your T is not listening to you, or doesn't trust his/her clients to know what their needs are, or isn't taking you seriously or any of many reasons. Is skipping a session ever a good way to kind of be congruent and show instead of tell how alienated you feel, or is it always acting out and kind of irresponsible?
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I think it makes a difference if you just don't show up as agreed and scheduled, or you cancel a session as simply as "can't make it next Thursday, see you a week from then"). I think it's fine to cancel without explanation or notice beyond the 24 hours or whatever that most T's seem to have as their policy. I know that I've been the beneficiary of a canceled session when I needed one, so I think not showing up is disrespectful to the T's time.
Canceling a session may or may not be communication to the T. Mine takes things at face value and wouldn't ask me about it unless I brought it up.
I think if you want effective communication, as canceling or not showing up probably does say something, it's just not clear what it is, why not just discuss these things directly in session?