[sittingatwatersedge]

Someone recently wrote >> At the end of the session HIS PHONE RANG That was weird. He went over and turned it off. I said "what if it's an emergency?" and he said "that's interesting that your mind went to 'emergency' and all I thought was 'phone call'".

I read this and thought
1) ACK I hate it how their minds run... sneeeeky therapists......
2) My T sometimes, not always, has her phone by her on her table when I see her. Once in a while it will ring and she'll turn it off. It occurred to me that she has different rings programmed for different clients so she knows who's calling, and if it were someone who is having a seriously hard time she would know it at once.

I kind of liked this idea, but I wondered whether she has a tune programmed for my caller ID, and what it might be...
Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay ? (nah, she doesn't know I am SAWE)
I'll See You In My Dreams ?
It's Cryin' Time Again, You're Gonna Leave Me ?

how about you?

Interesting thought. My t's phone does ring from time to time, but it is family members, not clients. Clients go through an answering service.

[moonrise]

I think mine would be the theme to Jaws. It all looks so peaceful and calm, and then......

Maybe, "RollerCoaster"?

[Melbadaze]

T woukd never have a phone in the room, its my 50mins which i pay for...she works from home and sometimes i hear her doorbell go and have said, do you want to get that? And she waves it away...

[perpetuallysad]

My t/pdoc has an old fashioned pager. It has gone off maybe 3 times in these past 4 years and he always looks. He has taken the call 2 times and both were emergencies. It made me feel good because I knew that if I had an emergency he would still answer my call.

My T usually remembers to turn the phone ringer off. Her office phone has rang maybe 3-4 times - each time, she apologizes and switches the ringer off. One time, after the office phone rang, her cell phone then rang - she did the same thing, apologized and turned the ringer off.

I don't think my T is very savvy technically, so I doubt she'd know how to program different ringtones into her phone.

[mixedup_emotions]

I tend to feel quite annoyed when T's phone rings. Sometimes he lets it ring...other times, he goes to shut it off. But, it really bugs me that he doesn't have it go directly to voicemail when he's in a session with me. It's disruptive and violates my time....Grrr.

[Mike_J]

The phone in my Therapist's office sits behind her and the ringer is truned off, I can see a small light when it rings but she would never pick it up during a session. Strange that I would ever notice the phone, sort of hard to pull my eyes away from her.

How about "You may be right; I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're lookin' for" ?

[gravyyy]

Ugh... I have no idea what the ring would be. My old T would keep her phone on vibrate only when her son was at daycare just in case there was an emergency with him, otherwise patients calls went through the front office. Her phone only rang maybe 4 times in 2 years and it was never daycare so she never answered. My old T would answer my calls during the day, but I only called from the inpatient unit and that happened twice but she took the call straight away when I called the front desk.... my ringer then should have been "Crazy Train." My new T, who I don't think I'm going to stay with, also has her phone on vibrate. This last session yesterday with her (second session) her phone rang the entire session!!!! I was getting so frustrated! She never answered it but I was getting really angry... I wouldn't call this T so I don't have a ringer for her!

When t's phone rings it is usually one of his kids. It's pretty funny because I can hear every word they say. Loud speaker I guess. I've enjoyed hearing his interactions with his kids. Generally he just tells them he'll call back later, but occasionally it's more. Nice to know he struggles with his kids just the same as anyone.

T's phone has never rang in session before this...it was so weird to hear a ringing phone in there! He always turns his phones completely off. I've asked him before (a few times) what he would do in an emergency, because there is literally NO way to reach him during a session, and he said he'd find out about it between clients. He has a very calm attitude towards emergencies...AND I'm chronically scared, so I guess I expect an emergency at any second. I guess T doesn't think that way.

ANYHOW, as for my ring tone? That's a good question. I'm going to ponder that and come back

[ECHOES]

T's phone has rung twice. My own cell has gone off many more times.
The first time her phone rang and she answered it, I was really angry. I could hardly talk. I hadn't seen her very many times yet. When she told me that it was about some very important medical tests, I was . Right after that she was out briefly for surgery but she expected to be out for weeks so she is okay but that was an embrassment and a scare.

So of course the very next session my phone in my purse starts ringing. I don't hear well so the volume is high but I still didn't hear it...It wasn't until she raised her eyebrows and looked at me questioningly and asked "Do you want to get that?" did I even know it was going off.

Once recently her cell rang and she answered, but just listened and said okay and that was it. She had accidentally booked me and another for the same time slot and she saw me (I win!!) and had the other person come back and I wondered if it was the other person calling. Who knows. She offers her cell number as well as her office number to us patients and that's so nice.

What would my ringtone be...?
I think she were to think about my phone calls historically....
it would probably be the wail of a fire truck siren!

[Yoda]

The only time my pdoc has ever answered a call during our session was when somebody called him the day of the VA Tech shooting (his son attends)

Therapist has to go to receptionist's office to use phone so no problem there.

[zooropa]

if my T did have a ringtone just for me, it'd be something by U2, I'm sure.

Maybe I should set up a special ringer for when T calls me? What would it be??

[googley]

The couple of times my old T's phone rang during session, (maybe three times over three years) she looked embarrassed and jumped up to turn the ringer off. My new T hasn't had a phone ring yet. I know she has a cell phone but she says she doesn't get back to phone calls quickly so my guess is that she wouldn't answer it during session.

Mine should have his ringer set to "Ain't no rest for the wicked".

Originally Posted by Calista+12

Mine should have his ringer set to "Ain't no rest for the wicked".

That is so weird. I just woke up in the middle of the night WITH THAT SONG IN MY HEAD and got on PC for a few minutes and here is your post with the song in it!

[velcro003]

My T's phone has gone off a couple of times. Once, I think she forgot to turn off the ringer and immediately jumped up to turn it off. Another time it was the towtruck company, because apparently people were parking in the lot where all the T's park. The third time was her babysitter, and she had like a 3 minute conversation with her. It was A-W-K-W-A-R-D. I wanted to plug my ears so I wasn't listening in!

[BlueMoon6]

SAWE- I wanted to respond to this before. I have never had a T's phone ring, any T, in the millions of years Ive been in therapy.

Is your name Irene? I love that song....I used to sing it to my kids when they were little when we were preparing for bed (my now older girls)..."good night Irene, good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams..." They have an aunt they they ADORE whose name is Irene. She moved out of the country and they missed her so we sange a song about her

What song would T have for me on her ringer? Hmmmm.... There are a lot of songs I relate to for myself.
-Bob Dylan..."Just like a woman"
-Jiminey Cricket singing, "when you wish upon a star"
-Dorothy singing"somewhere over the rainbow" (I used to have this ringtone on my phone)
-I love Vanessa Carton "1000 miles"

Tree- That IS weird! Who sings that???

[Simcha]

Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge

Someone recently wrote >> At the end of the session HIS PHONE RANG That was weird. He went over and turned it off. I said "what if it's an emergency?" and he said "that's interesting that your mind went to 'emergency' and all I thought was 'phone call'".

I read this and thought
1) ACK I hate it how their minds run... sneeeeky therapists......
2) My T sometimes, not always, has her phone by her on her table when I see her. Once in a while it will ring and she'll turn it off. It occurred to me that she has different rings programmed for different clients so she knows who's calling, and if it were someone who is having a seriously hard time she would know it at once.

I kind of liked this idea, but I wondered whether she has a tune programmed for my caller ID, and what it might be...
Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay ? (nah, she doesn't know I am SAWE)
I'll See You In My Dreams ?
It's Cryin' Time Again, You're Gonna Leave Me ?

how about you?

LOL... gotta snicker at your choice of song titles for your personal ringtone SAWE.

My T's phone does NOT ring in session, EVER. He has the phone set up that way, and he also has a few secretary's. After hours, there are ways to contact him in urgency, and also the voicemail option. During office hours, all calls go to the office staff and can be forwarded to his voicemail while he is in session.

Personally, I find it irrelevant if you thought the phonecall would be for an emergency. What your T thinks about that and why he thinks it is important is beyond me. Personally I would use this as an opportunity to mess with my T, because that's what I would do out of annoyance if my T was as cryptic as your T is here...

[Paraclete]

My T keeps his cellphone by his side at all times. It often rings in session and he ALWAYS answers it. I've got used to it, but he shouldn't do it.

As for ringtone... if he had one for me it should be Paparazzi by Lady Gaga :-)

Originally Posted by treehouse

That is so weird. I just woke up in the middle of the night WITH THAT SONG IN MY HEAD and got on PC for a few minutes and here is your post with the song in it!

Maybe it's one of those "woo- woo" type things Treehouse. It has been in my head for a few days. I can't get it out

t's phone has never rang in session, I would get up and leave...No way could I sit there and listen to him talk to someone else in session... my self esteem is bad enough as it is, all i would be thinking is "they are so more important than me" and bolt!
I used to have a ring tone for when he called me, "mission impossible theme song"