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Originally Posted by BethRags
I did the usual phone thing with my therapist this afternoon; we've been doing something that resembles therapy by phone for 2 months. Today she told me that it's looking like the clinic will reopen in about 2 weeks.
Okay, that's a good thing. I guess. I feel so out of touch with my therapist that at this point, it's hard to imagine being alone with her in the same room. But I suppose I'll get used to it again.
The thing is, we have to do therapy with our masks on and sitting at opposite sides of the room. I'm 100% in favor of wearing masks outside of home. But doing sessions with masks on? And across the room from each other? If I cry how do I handle it with my mask on? I think snot will get all over my face. How on earth will we hear each other...communication while wearing a mask is tricky, and across the room, too?
I'm getting all wound up about all of it. Am I overthinking? What are others of you doing with regard to therapy at this time?
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I find that strange. If you're more than 6 feet apart (as I'm assuming your therapist's room is larger than a cramped 6 feet by 6 feet), why can't you have your masks off?
I understand that someone could technically cough coronavirus everywhere and then coronavirus droplets gets all over the chairs and whatnot, but why can't your therapist use a disinfectant spray after every client? If the office doesn't have the necessary disinfectant supplies, then IMO, they shouldn't be open. However, if they're opening again soon, they probably DO have disinfectant supplies of some sort. So I don't get why they can't just use those after every client.
Anyways, there are approximately 20,000 coronavirus cases within a 20 min radius of here. There is no way we are opening anytime soon. So for now, I'm stuck with teletherapy. However, I don't mind it personally. It meshes with me well. I realize that some people don't like it, though. It's a matter of personal preference.