[anxiety247]

I had a student sit in with me today on my therapy session and my medication appt with the np. During the appt with the NP the student feel asleep and was snoring. The NP looked over at student and didn't address it. I left the ofc feeling like sh@# I am probably going to be seeking therapy elsewhere because if anything the NP should have spoke up and woke the student up. It's very unprofessional and rude!!!!

Perhaps you could just say you don't want any more students involved in your Therapy. I am sorry this happened but it had nothing to do with you. It was rude and unprofessional, perhaps the NP didn't want to address it during your time and did so later.

[stopdog]

I don't know what an np is, but I agree she may not have wanted to spend your time and money dressing down the student in front of you - possibly they wanted to save the student further embarrassment too. I would imagine the student is not having a free pass on this with the instructor or therapist or the person in charge of them.

NP=Nurse Practioner

[Anne2.0]

I agree that the NP didn't handle it well. Did you raise it with her? Her belief might have been that ignoring the distraction would be more comfortable for you than raising it. The student was certainly unprofessional, but I'm not sure there is a "right" way to handle it. The focus in therapy is supposed to be *you*, not the sleeping idiot in the corner of the room.

I think it might be helpful to you if you can go back for one appointment and ask the NP about why she handled it the way she did. Then I think you'll have a chance to see that it wasn't about you and you'll also have a chance to see how she reacts to her mistakes.

[WePow]

WOW! That is just.... wow.

[velcro003]

ummm that would piss me off. the np could have at least apologized for her behavior.

[anxiety247]

I did write my therapist after the appt expressing how unprofessional that was. She agreed it was. I just wish the NP would have said something to the student - like wake her up and ask her to please leave. he was suppose to have my best interest. Instead I had to pretend the student wasnt there and snoring in a tiny ofc during my appt.

It took alot of courage for me to even allow the student in my session due to anxiety related issues and today I was trying to press past that and it and unfortunately this happens. Big part of me wants to discontinue services

Wow, how very unproffessional and extremely rude. I cannot believe this wasn't addressed there and then. I can understand them not wanting to waste your time but it really needed to be said to the student as a mark of respect for the client in the room. This behaviour is unacceptable and I would certainly not go back there after that.
You are most important not the students feelings.

[photostotake]

I'm so sorry this happened during your session. I'll admit, I wouldn't be happy that this happened to me either and would have preferred that something was said to the student at the time.

[sconnie892]

I am sorry you had to deal with this.

I can see not wasting your time be addressing it during your appointment, but since it negatively affected your time there I would complain. The student needs to be made aware of how unprofessional that behavior was and how it negatively affected your session. If nothing else, the NP should have awoke the student and asked them to leave the room.

[elliemay]

Originally Posted by anxiety247

I did write my therapist after the appt expressing how unprofessional that was. She agreed it was. I just wish the NP would have said something to the student - like wake her up and ask her to please leave. he was suppose to have my best interest. Instead I had to pretend the student wasnt there and snoring in a tiny ofc during my appt.

It took alot of courage for me to even allow the student in my session due to anxiety related issues and today I was trying to press past that and it and unfortunately this happens. Big part of me wants to discontinue services

I completely underestand the wanting to leave this service. This is quite bad. Very bad in fact.

The student should be reprimanded, and I hope she is. Totally unprofessional.

It terms of your nurse practioner, overall, how is your relationship? In general, do you two click and get along well?

I can understand how, in a situation like that, he might not have known what to do. I can honestly say that I would have been so shocked at the student's behaviour that I might have just been kinda bumfuzzled.

Yes, he should have gotten the student out of the room. At minimum apologized for the student's behaviour.

You know, it IS a risky move to let students in on your treatment. It's actually quite open of you.

You have every right to say, "No more students". I can't imagine that EVERYONE wouldn't completely understand.

I think at this point, the next time you see your therapist, that you talk about this incident. They need to know how it affected you. Ideally, the student would too, but, at this point, I would totally write her off.

She's a loser.

[elliemay]

I just wanted to add, I've heard, and witnessed some boneheaded things that students do, but man, this one is up there.

I am so sorry.

["Tilly may"]

I agree that this was so rude. I have students rotate through my office and sometimes they fall asleep. I think many of them are overworked. None the less it was inappropriate and the np should have asked them to leave.
My best friend saw a therapist who once yawned during a session when she was telling a very painful experience. She was so insulted by the yawn that she quit therapy.

[ECHOES]

I think the NP might have been shocked too. And she may have been trying to determine the most professional response. She may have not known what to do, and chose to ignore it, to spare you from her addressing it with the student, and to give you the time that was yours.

I suspect she had plenty to say to the student in private.

[anxiety247]

A sorry from the NP or therapist would have been nice. Not holding my breathe on that. I am looking for therapy elsewhere.