If you were a therapist what would your welcoming phrase be?

Mine: "welcome to the pleasure Dome"!

[tinyrabbit]

Does your T have a welcoming phrase, _Mouse? Mine says nothing. Just waits expectantly, like a really caring dog, kind of.

I'm not sure what mine would be.

[maykins]

Mine just kind of smiles and stares until I say something... I don't like wasting my T time so I start talking almost immediately. So as a T I wouldn't say anything either...

[growlithing]

This may sound weird, but mine has recently started by commenting on my weight. I've been really struggling with it and I've been becoming more healthy. She nearly always tells me how good I look to start it off.

[Mike_J]

My therapist always says, "Good afternoon, come on in" and stands at the door and waits for me to go into her office..

[tooski]

I don't have the patience or the people skills to EVER be a therapist. I'd be a disaster. But in that unlikely event, here are a few greetings I might use:

"Oh, it's you again."

"We've only got 50 minutes. Talk fast!"

"Come in ..... or don't. It's OK with me if you want to skip session today. I didn't sleep too well last night and I could use a nap."

"Heyyyyyyy .... wassup?"

[bunnylove45]

My therapist doesn't say anything. He retrieves me from the waiting area, we head to his office as soon as I pass the threshold I begin chatting. On the few times where I've held off talking to see if he says anything, he does not.

[transientsoul]

If I was a therapist, I'd have blank canvases hanging on the wall. When a new patient came in - only the first time - I'd say, "I want you to welcome yourself." and hand them a pen where they'd write whatever in their head. After that, on other visits, I'd be inclined to say "Namaste", but would more than likely just say the usual, "good afternoon," etc.

[refika]

Originally Posted by tooski

I don't have the patience or the people skills to EVER be a therapist. I'd be a disaster. But in that unlikely event, here are a few greetings I might use:

"Oh, it's you again."

"We've only got 50 minutes. Talk fast!"

"Come in ..... or don't. It's OK with me if you want to skip session today. I didn't sleep too well last night and I could use a nap."

"Heyyyyyyy .... wassup?"

ROFL Love your sense of humor

[MoxieDoxie]

Mines says:

"Hi! Come on in. So how are you?" Then he recapse from last week or goes over correspondance we had between sessions. He is a chatty T which saves me from talking a lot. I usually ask the question and then answers it for me and I sit there and shake my head up and down.

[Raging Quiet]

'Hello rect0pathic, here you are again..!'

My T always says " Hello and how has was your week? " Then she will start talking about whatever we were talking about the week before, My T doesn't like silence I don't think.

[Wren_]

I would want to change mine based on the individual client and different situations ... think I've learned to appreciate creativity in openings rather than standard ones

my t used to have a few regular ones he used ... lately he is more creative which is fun

old t had hilarious openings

[Arha]

My T always starts off with inviting me in, a brief chat about non-therapy things, in our lives and then the recorder is turned on and he says, "So, how have you been?"
From then on, he says very little, but what he does say has a lot of significance.

You know I've never noticed what my T says but I'd probably say something appropriate to the individual based on their sense of humor or lack of.

[HealingTimes]

My T always says "it's really nice to see you" and then normally "so, how was your week".

[learning1]

My t stands up and welcomes me into her office and says something that I can't hear. Probably come in or something. She has a low voice and I can't hear her well.

[tealBumblebee]

Mine always says something to the degree of: "Hi Teal! It's so nice to see you! We're going to be in this room today. Okay, lets pray and see how your weekend was!" Then she jumps immediately onto a topic. I like that there's no hesitancy there because i'd probably just stare back at her in an awkward silence. I'm kind of this way with my friends as well, so if I was a T - i imagine i'd have the peppy welcome as well.

[purplejell]

Mine says "Hi purplejell"... and it's my favorite time when she comes to get me in the waiting room... and hearing her say my name. I'm usually too nervous to say anything back. Sometimes she says nothing once we sit down in her office. Or if I've left her voicemails through the week, she might say something validating in response to them (hard week, huh?).

The therapy I do is half an hour and very Structured so I normally say "hello, so, we have about 20-30 mins today, as per usual there are a few things we need to go through then I thought we would xyz. That's my agenda is there anything wanted to talk about or do today?" Or if I have been seeing people a while I'll say "hi, how's your week been?"
My old T never let me get a word in edgeways, his opening line went on for ten mins!

[growlycat]

CBT guy comes to get me and usually says good morning or come on in. Once in the room, he says how have you been?

Kind of a dull opener, I know. He could burst through the door and say "BOOYAH!" but that would be weird.

[lrt1978]

My T always greets me using my name a a hello, once we are in the room and we have say down she says " it's nice to see you, so how have you been this week " after my reply she then goes "so how has the week really been " I always say Its been fine.

If I was a T I would probably greet and ask how they have been.

[Solepa]

My T always greets me with "Good afternoon, come on in". We sit down and she asks "With what are you coming in today?". I usually have something on my mind to talk about and these sessions are good but the problem is when I come in with nothing prepared and when I´m quiet. Then she asks what I would like to achieve from that session and I have no idea .... these truly suck. I don´t know if she can´t lead a session or if she doesn´t want to but when I feel quiet and not talkative I may as well not go.

So as T I would greet clients with "How was your week?" or something that they always can talk about not something abstract and depending on the mood.

[CantExplain]

Hello, how are you, great to have you on the show.

[tealBumblebee]

Originally Posted by Solepa

My T always greets me with "Good afternoon, come on in". We sit down and she asks "With what are you coming in today?". I usually have something on my mind to talk about and these sessions are good but the problem is when I come in with nothing prepared and when I´m quiet. Then she asks what I would like to achieve from that session and I have no idea .... these truly suck. I don´t know if she can´t lead a session or if she doesn´t want to but when I feel quiet and not talkative I may as well not go.

So as T I would greet clients with "How was your week?" or something that they always can talk about not something abstract and depending on the mood.

Wow that sucks. She may be choosing to allow you to make the most of your session that way, but I can see that as being highly unproductive for me...