When T doesn't return a call

So,you call leaving a message on Ts private voicemail and ask if there is any availability for an extra session, could T call back and let you know if this is possible. And you don't hear back all week, how would you feel?

I would feel awful.

I hope t contacts you soon and there is a valid explanation.

Call again- could be many things.

Well, since tomorrow is Friday the call to get in for an extra session this week would be a rather moot point.

Would this be a dynamic breaker if at the next session t says they got the msg but couldn't fit you in so they never called you back?

This f-n stings. Sorry.

For 4 yrs i communicated with T1 exclusively by private voice mail, and it was a fairly unreliable system. Messages got dropped, or were garbled, or were delivered next day or even two days later (!)

I hope you hear soon!

Then I would have to have a talk with him about being polite enough to let me know that.

Seriously, I doubt that any T would do stg like that. That's just good manners.

I agree, if he got the message it would be commmon courtesy to let the client know that there was no availabilty for an extra session.
You know, I have noticed lately thats some ts have a really bad attitude- they seem to think they are above explanations or apologies and stuff like this P*****s me off
I hope you find out why t didnt ring back PT

Well, I guess my feelings would depend on several things. Is this the first time your T has never called you back? Voicemail isn't a 100% guarantee. I know that I have received voicemails at work that cut off, and I even accidentally erased one before. For me, my T has always called back within several hours. I rarely call her. I've probably left her 3 voicemail messages in a year. She told me when I started seeing her that she checks her voicemail several times per day and calls back within several hours usually (unless it is late at night). So, if this happened to me, I probably would have left a second message two days after the first message and would have assumed that she didn't receive it. I am not sure of your situation or T relationship, but you might want to consider calling again and bringing this up with her the next time that you see her. Unless she did not receive the message or had stated she was going on vacation and given you the name of another T to contact in the meantime, then i would find this behavior unprofessional and unacceptable. I hope that you get things sorted out with your T.

Mine FORGOT to call me back when I left a message (on private vm) crying so hard he could barely understand me (as described later)...he was a bit embarassed and said it was one of those things that just "slipped through the cracks". Huh. So I know I can't count on him to return jack**** BUT now he has email and his attention span seems to be better if he can see the words I write.
My point being (besides that I am not "pro-T" today), some T's get "busy" or "forget" and actually don't return important calls... it's rude, thoughtless, or could even turn out to be dangerous.
Anyway, hugs to you and I am sorry this happened. I would definitely inquire when you see her/him next about it, and if you don't get a clear answer, ask how if you need an extra session in the future, how to go about getting one.

I would feel awful. I have been T shopping, and noticed that a lot of them say on their outgoing message when you can expect a call back. They usually say within 24 hours or by the end of the next business day. So if I didn't receive a call by the next day, I would call again in case the first message got lost somehow. I had this experience a few times with my xT -- that he didn't get the message. It was very, very frustrating, but he was very reliable about returning calls, so I learned when I needed to leave a 2nd message.

I hope you can work through this with T so this doesn't happen again.

I wished I never called. I was/am in a bad place and now I have to stress over why no return call...I like my T and am really hoping for some mix-up or reasonable explanation. I don't want to have this be some sort of rupture.

Can you ring him/ her again today? It seems a little odd if they knew you were distressed that they wouldn't call

I can't...emotionally I can't, if T didn't call back again it would be too hard. Best to wait until the next session and find out what happend.

It might be that t didn't get the call or voicemail, technology is not reliable, or else he might have a family emergency to deal with or a work one! The possibilities are endless but please have faith that t isn't just ignoring you as this will make your distress worse

I just wanted to update that it turned out T was out of town, had no idea I called. When he heard it I got a phone call saying how terribly sorry he was. Gave me personal number for future use so it doesn't happen again...wow

So, yeah, my T is a good person and it had nothing to do with me.

T and i have an agreement. if i call and he doesn't call back (i won't call him back either) i get to assume the message got lost, stuck under paperwork, etc. , not that he doesn't want to talk to me.

this doesn't work for everyone but i am grateful to have a system in place that works for me.
he doesn't text and i have only emailed him once. he definitely prefers a call if you need to talk or anything else....