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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
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.
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If he took a couple of weeks off and said "I need a couple fo weeks off foe my mental health" How would you repond?
I actually told my T about reading that many herapists are struggling right now and wondered how she was doing. zee has a discussion about her self care.
Also, long term T (whom I adored) and I had a conversation after I reached out about something and she mentioned it being something one usually contacts a friend about. I was hurt also but she explained that her job to help a client need her less and less not more. She felt she had let me down.
So you relationship continues with Dr. T do you find yourself needing him more or less??