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Originally Posted by nottrustin
Do you think you are repeating the pattern you had last year about this time?
Do you think he is also dealing with exhaustion from the whole COVID thing. I have read multiple articles about therapists being careful not burnout. IIRC, your T charges for emails so that he doesn't resent them. But he is trying to offer you more support and emails without charge. Do you think he in an attempt to help clients more he failed to take care of himself?
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Thanks. I strongly suspect he may be at least approaching burnout. Aside from one day off, he's been generally working 5-6 days a week since the end of February (the last time he took a week off). And he's said that pretty much all of his clients are doing worse with the pandemic. And he's allowing the increased contact thing for everyone. So I imagine he's somewhat overwhelmed, plus his own struggles with it.
Plus I know he's had some financial stress, as he rents a multi-office suite and leases it out to other practitioners. A couple of those are massage therapists and acupuncturists, and they couldn't practice at all (due to state regulations) in the first few months of Covid. So he said he wasn't charging them rent. He's also said he hasn't really gotten any new clients, though a few have come back. And that some have needed more reduced rates due to losing jobs (some worked in restaurants or retail). He took out some sort of pandemic loan (PPP?) to help cover that, but I get the sense he's still financially struggling (no idea if his wife works or not).
So he might need a break, but doesn't want to take it if so many clients are struggling and/or that he needs the money.