Thanks. I agree consistency is important but itīs difficult when it comes to time as being consistent and exact means the T needs to carefully watch the time at the end of every session and then make the client leave immediately.
Also, I have never experienced this "time watching" before. All counselors and therapists Iīve met with always were a bit flexible and if they sometimes had no client after me we kept talking for some minutes after the scheduled 45 minutes. I now mean if we were in the middle of something, Iīve never stayed in the therapist's office to small talk after the session ended.
In a way I can see itīs good to try some new approaches, like I did with my former T who introduced looking at pictures of me as a small child as part of "inner child work". But when a therapistīs orientation affects how and if I feel I can trust her and feel safe with her, then new approaches just lead to me not wanting to see her.
I already feel like Iīll hang in there for the four evaluation sessions that she has already scheduled for us and then itīll just end, either by her telling me she feels I donīt like her or me telling I donīt like how she meets with me.
But itīs very difficult as Iīm not allowed to switch therapists, according to this T no patient is as they have so many patients waiting in line. So Iīll then just end up without therapy and like "all problems still there".
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Originally Posted by Salmon77
I'd think it would be good to enforce time exactly because those extra minutes tend to have meaning. Like she's rewarding you if she gives you extra time or rejecting you if she finishes a minute or two early or just doesn't give you extra time. It's important for a T to be consistent and predictable, it can cause anxiety if they're not.
In any case, it seems like it might be good for you to try going with this T's approach. You seem pretty entrenched in your views on how she should act etc. and I think that's bound to lead to some disappointment with anyone. Maybe you have trouble being open-minded?
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