[Melbadaze]

Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats

I am not trying to start anything here but with all due respect I have noticed that is not the first time I have started a thread and you have responded negatively towards it. Last time you accused me of being emotionally dishonest and when I questioned you about it you never replied. This time you are saying you don't buy it I have no reason to make this up. I see that I am not the only one to have received a text/call from a drunk T. This post was supposed to be fun in light of all of the depressing threads recently.

Its the content of the post I responded too, it so happens that both posts where by you, problem?

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Melbadaze

problem?

No, no problem.

[Melbadaze]

Personally, I take peoples need for therapy serious, and if some of the stuff written on these boards is true then theres a lot of quacks out there, and this isnt just about your posts, though I do have an issue with what you wrote. If some of hte "lurkers" that were referred too read here and read some of the stuff that gets written here about theraists then I'd imagine a big majority would run for the hills, so I like to weight the board up and point out what I find to be odd actions from therapists. If we just had a whole board of what you consider to be "therapy" then that wouldnt' be a true picture of what a competant qualified therapist is really about. I like to question things, because I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Melbadaze

If we just had a whole board of what you consider to be "therapy" then that wouldnt' be a true picture of what a competant qualified therapist is really about. I like to question things, because I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking.

Are you referring to what "I" consider therapy??

[sittingatwatersedge]

I will know, on the day I walk in there and she has a WORKING clock on the wall. The one there now has been broken for three months.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge

I will know, on the day I walk in there and she has a WORKING clock on the wall. The one there now has been broken for three months.

LOL. Awe that is absolutely priceless. Ofcourse the clock is broken, I think that all Drs' clocks are either broken or they just don't have any in the office so nobody really knows how late they are.

[Fartraveler]

You get that random text on the weekend at 2am that says "Hey Cats, Are you awake?" and then when you question it in session later that week she says "I'm sorry, I must apologise, I had too much to drink that night but, hey, atleast I was thinking about you!" Lol. Oh T.

I don't have any examples -- but I love that story! Your T sounds very human, and like she's a lot of fun.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Fartraveler

I don't have any examples -- but I love that story! Your T sounds very human, and like she's a lot of fun.

Thanks so much! And you are right, she is VERY human and she is TONS of fun!!

[karebear1]

Cats- thanks for his thread-it was a nice to start my day laughing. (I scrolled through all the smilies to find the one I liked the best, just for this thread.... and the dancing chili was my fave- hence- the dancing chili smilie!!)

[doogie]

I'm glad this didn't bother you. However, I would be VERY concerned if my drunk T contacted me. One, I would wonder who she was with and if my confidentiality was maintained, and two, even though I know she is very human and has fun - I would find this very disturbing, especially considering I was abused while my father was drunk - real trigger for me. I think that might be what Melba was getting at. It didn't bother you, but there might be some red flags for others.

[BlessedRhiannon]

My T sent me info on a webinar she thought I might be interested in...and she's made copies of articles I might find interesting and given those to me. They were related to things I'm working with her on, but it was really more of "you might find this interesting" than "I think you need to read this." I'm kind of a nerd...love learning, and she knows this, so that made me feel good that she thought of me.

Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge

I will know, on the day I walk in there and she has a WORKING clock on the wall. The one there now has been broken for three months.

SAWE, same problem here! Except that I broke it , so maybe it's not exactly the same... It was on the table, not the wall(!), and I was nervously fiddling. That was months ago. Maybe she's waiting for me to think of her and buy her a new one? Hmm... major therapeutic impasse. Not that I mind about the clock anyway- I like not knowing that I have to leave in x minutes.

So, just a random story really. Sorry!

[Sweetlove]

My T said today that he made a comment a couple sessions ago and wondered if he should have said it or not, he was waiting for me to say something about whether it bothered me. Today I said something relating to that comment and he told me he was thinking of me since he said that and was worried about it...I was glad he was thinking about me...even though his comment didn't bother me at all.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by karebear1

Cats- thanks for his thread-it was a nice to start my day laughing. (I scrolled through all the smilies to find the one I liked the best, just for this thread.... and the dancing chili was my fave- hence- the dancing chili smilie!!)

Your welcome! I am glad that you are enjoying the thread. I was trying to throw a positve spin on the forum when I created this thread. -And here are some chilis for you! I also the chilis!

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by doogie

I'm glad this didn't bother you. However, I would be VERY concerned if my drunk T contacted me. One, I would wonder who she was with and if my confidentiality was maintained, and two, even though I know she is very human and has fun - I would find this very disturbing, especially considering I was abused while my father was drunk - real trigger for me. I think that might be what Melba was getting at. It didn't bother you, but there might be some red flags for others.

I can understand how that would bother you. Thanks for your input!

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon

My T sent me info on a webinar she thought I might be interested in...and she's made copies of articles I might find interesting and given those to me. They were related to things I'm working with her on, but it was really more of "you might find this interesting" than "I think you need to read this." I'm kind of a nerd...love learning, and she knows this, so that made me feel good that she thought of me.

Awe that is wonderful. I would definitely know that my T was thinking about me if she did that!

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Improving

SAWE, same problem here! Except that I broke it , so maybe it's not exactly the same... It was on the table, not the wall(!), and I was nervously fiddling. That was months ago. Maybe she's waiting for me to think of her and buy her a new one? Hmm... major therapeutic impasse. Not that I mind about the clock anyway- I like not knowing that I have to leave in x minutes.

So, just a random story really. Sorry!

LOL. Oh dear. You have me laughing now! I enjoyed the story!!

[eurydice]

I think it would be an egregious mistake for a therapist to 1) socially text message a patient 2) and certainly to do so intoxicated. For your sake, I kind of hope this story isn't true. Everyone deserves an ethical and reliable therapist.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by eurydice

I think it would be an egregious mistake for a therapist to 1) socially text message a patient 2) and certainly to do so intoxicated. For your sake, I kind of hope this story isn't true. Everyone deserves an ethical and reliable therapist.

Well overall I would say that she is an ethical and reliable therapist. Of the MANY years that I have been seeing her, this only happened the one time and she did apologise.

[sittingatwatersedge]

Originally Posted by Improving

same problem here! Except that I broke it , so maybe it's not exactly the same... It was on the table, not the wall(!), and I was nervously fiddling. That was months ago. Maybe she's waiting for me to think of her and buy her a new one?

I've thought about taking a crayon and a big piece of poster board and scrawling just a stick figure of a clock to put on her wall... more colorful, and just as useful... but I'm afraid she'd interpret it as hostility instead of humor (the two are very close sometimes, hmmm... sneeeky therapists )

Last time i went in there, and it was still nonfunctioning (four months, not three, my mistake), I jokngly accused her of having a power thing about wanting to control the time. Which she laughed at... in an I'm-humoring-you sort of way... and I thought, oh no, she thinks ** I ** am the controlling one, I'm probably the only one who ever mentions this... oh no... oh no.....sneeeeeeky therapists......!!!

>>> Not that I mind about the clock anyway- I like not knowing that I have to leave in x minutes
I do mind... very much. Oops. well I guess i am a controlling type, after all. Great.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge

I've thought about taking a crayon and a big piece of poster board and scrawling just a stick figure of a clock to put on her wall... more colorful, and just as useful... but I'm afraid she'd interpret it as hostility instead of humor (the two are very close sometimes, hmmm... sneeeky therapists )

Last time i went in there, and it was still nonfunctioning (four months, not three, my mistake), I jokngly accused her of having a power thing about wanting to control the time. Which she laughed at... in an I'm-humoring-you sort of way... and I thought, oh no, she thinks ** I ** am the controlling one, I'm probably the only one who ever mentions this... oh no... oh no.....sneeeeeeky therapists......!!!

>>> Not that I mind about the clock anyway- I like not knowing that I have to leave in x minutes
I do mind... very much. Oops. well I guess i am a controlling type, after all. Great.

LOL. Oh you have me laughing now! I think that drawing a picture of a clock for your T's office is a great idea!!

^^ I LOVE the idea of drawing a clock- especially since you'd never have to leave- the time would never change so it would eternally be your therapy hour

Perhaps you should buy a clock with the biggest face and hands there is, and take it enthusiastically as a 'welcome back!' present?! Or, um, get a watch?!

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Improving

^^ I LOVE the idea of drawing a clock- especially since you'd never have to leave- the time would never change so it would eternally be your therapy hour

Perhaps you should buy a clock with the biggest face and hands there is, and take it enthusiastically as a 'welcome back!' present?! Or, um, get a watch?!

LOL That is funny!

[Liam Grey]

Wow, that's great you got this kind of relationship with your T!

I couldn't EVER imagine my T doing something similar . The closer I got was her calling me an hour later appt to know if I was home and safe after I leave her office a bit phisically sick (nothing really serious, I just had to skip breakfast and run to arrive in time that morning, so I basically looked like a zombie)...

But leaving out this one, I don't believe my T thinks about me at all in her spare time.

[PTSDlovemycats]

Originally Posted by Liam Grey

Wow, that's great you got this kind of relationship with your T!
The closer I got was her calling me an hour later appt to know if I was home and safe after I leave her office a bit phisically sick (nothing really serious, I just had to skip breakfast and run to arrive in time that morning, so I basically looked like a zombie)...

.

Yes we do have quite the relationship. lol.
It's nice that your T was thinking about you an hour after your appointment,