Thanks for your understanding.
Yes, I think with her daughterīs birthday, that was just a thing that came up, as you say she could have planned that as she knows the date. My counselor knows Iīm free during most of the week and by that she probably doesnīt think itīs important to let me know longer than a week before or so.
I think itīs not suitable for a counselor or a therapist to plan her time the way my counselor does as she plans from week to week and her patients are expected to adjust to her plans. Itīs her job, not some kind of volunteer work she does when she feels like it.
I know some therapists are really strict when it comes to scheduling and they take time off only during Christmas, Easter and during summer. Thatīs of course fine as I see it but not to cancel several single days a year, like once a month or so.
As you point to my counselor isnīt a therapist and even if I would tell her that her cancelling sessions triggers me in several ways, she wouldnīt be able to help me process that.
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Originally Posted by Fewmiled
I can understand being upset knowing that she is taking time off to train a dog. Also it would be frustrating to me that she cancelled the next session for her daughters birthday, she knew about a long time ago. I get that.
My issue would be with her communicating all that to me. I would much prefer more time in advance for the missed session as well as not knowing why. I do recognize some folks want to know what T's do in their spare time. There are many reasons to not know as well.
OP I have understood some previous posts as being problems about communication. This sounds similar in my opinion. It must be challenging having a person for supportive chats but not a therapists who might both communicate less about their own life and keep a more consistant meeting schdule.
It definitely makes sense to take time off. How it's planned and communicated is important in therapy.
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