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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail
Ouch, LT.
I can imagine how his flip-flopping would hit a sore spot for you.
It must be hard to feel as though the rug could be yanked from under you at any point, when you've just got comfortable...or perhaps it doesn't allow you to get comfortable.
I suppose in his head it might be as if you're seeking reassurance.
It sounds as though it would have been easier if he'd just said 'Assume in person until I confirm otherwise', without inserting his opinion on things.
I think you pay him to keep his opinion out of things, to a degree?
Sitting with you in your discomfort.
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Thanks for your understanding comments and for sitting with me, Lost. I agree it would have been better if he'd just said, "You really don't need to send the texts--it will be in person unless you hear from me."
I told him I worried that he'd forget to tell me it had to be virtual and that I'd have to do the session from my phone (usually I'm on my MacBook) in the car. He said if that ever happened, he'd pay for my session. Which I appreciated. But if he'd said so before, I'd have maybe felt better?
In terms of keeping his opinion out of it, he's said before that he disagrees with that philosophy of therapy. That his feelings still matter. But seriously, if he can't handle what he told me literally takes him 30 seconds? That if that's too much for him? It does make me wonder what I'm paying him for at times....