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Originally Posted by Salmon77
What you're describing is a conversation about the desire to cancel. In that case it's perfectly fine for a T to say "I hope you show up" or something along those lines. But in Lrad's case, she has cancelled. When a client makes a decision, I think the T should respect that and follow the client's stated desire, and not argue about it or try to get the client to change her mind.
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I'm obviously not advocating for a therapist "arguing" with someone's decision to cancel. Just noting that there's often a lot more middle ground and room to maneuver, and that encouraging someone to come in isn't always inappropriate (no matter what stage things are at with considering canceling or already having canceled). Especially in a case like this where it's an ongoing conversation that touches on this issue over and over.