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Originally Posted by Rive.
You might not care what you signed but a signed contract is binding, that is the agreement you chose to abide by. Also, it is the treatment provider who sets the conditions for how they work, not the client dictating their conditions to the therapist.
Being angry won't change the way your therapist chooses to work. This is where free will comes into play - if you are not happy with your T's conditions, you are free to go to another therapist.
And it is not a T's responsibility to check whether clients can come. This is about personal agency. The client can reach out to confirm but a it is not a T's job to check whether a client can come to an appointment you both scheduled.
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I don’t think you are grasping the gravity of the situation. Literally thousands of people have been without power, internet, road access or public transport. How am I supposed to know T was not one of them? Secondly, how can she just assume I have a way of contacting her and getting to the session? These are extenuating circumstances and I expect a basic level of communication. The fact that she hadn’t even bothered to check the road conditions until I contacted her says it all.
As for the cancellation policy, I expect a bit of flexibility here. Applying the same rule to someone who cancels because “something came up” vs their home has been destroyed by natural disaster is beyond ridiculous. T’s explanation for this lack of flexibility was she had a client years ago claim they were sick but she later found out they weren’t. She also said she wants to keep the relationship between us “clean”. How’s that working for her?
To say I have the option of finding another T just shows your lack of understanding of the significance of the therapeutic relationship. I have invested so much of myself into this T, building trust and overcoming relational traumas. I have also formed a strong attachment to her in this time and to just quit and start with someone else would be extremely traumatic. I rely on this T as my emotional support which again, appoints her more power. I need her more than she needs me and she knows it. Her lack of flexibility takes advantage of this fact.