[SunConure]

My therapy sessions are only 45 minutes long and its way too short to get anything actually done. they're also 2 weeks apart so its basically just like a checkup every time :/

anyway this next appointment i have so much to dump, ive written a big long journal entry type thing for him to read (since i couldnt find his email, i guess he doesnt do that) and i just dont think theres gonna be enough time to get through all of it. Ive been super anxious about it all week and its really gonna stress me out more if it doesnt all get discussed soon. I know thats unrealistic......

I think maybe i'll have him read through all of it and then we can pick one subject to focus on, and then do another next session...

I think i might ask to move to once a week but i doubt he'll have enough openings x_x

Why don't you pick out one manageable section of what you have written to read to your T in your session and start there? If it is long, you'll end up using up a lot of time if you expect him to read the whole thing and then pick out one part of it. It might work better for you to pick out a part to look at for each session. No, you won't get to everything, but sometimes it isn't about quantity; it's more about quality.

[LonesomeTonight]

I agree with what lolagrace said. And you may as well ask about going to weekly--he may not have openings right now but might in the future.

[thepeaceisinthegrey]

I really hope you get to move to once a week...I can see how every two weeks can be very stressful.

What I don't get is the 45 minute thing...I know it's not just you that has posted about the time being 45 minutes (50 minutes in some other people's cases) and it confuses me. My sessions are always an hour unless we schedule a 90 minute or 2 hour session. Is this uncommon? Do most T's just offer 45 minutes??

[LonesomeTonight]

In my experience, T's tend to offer 50-minute sessions. (P-docs are different in their scheduling.) I saw a bunch of people on here mention 45-minute sessions, so I clarified with my T yesterday. She said according to my contract, each session is 45-50 minutes, but she was like, "I'd never just do 45." So, 50 for me. I think that way they have a little time between clients.

It's supposed to be that long for my marriage counselor, too, but he'll sometimes keep us (or other clients) an extra 10 or 20 minutes if it's a really intense session. Which can be good if you're the client needing and getting it, but which can also make him late for other appointments.

I did 50 minute sessions for most of the time, but then for the last while I cut back to 25 minutes because of finances. Something funny - I think it's funny anyway, maybe I just have an odd sense of humor - but I did better with the 25 minute sessions, because I knew I didn't have much time, I didn't waste ANY time on hemming and hawing and stalling. I did a LOT of that when I did 50 minute sessions. Stalling and practically begging t to drag stuff out of me. But mostly she wouldn't. She was too good at waiting me out. A very patient one, my t!!

[SoupDragon]

M8ne are 60 minutes but recently they have started to over-run by 15 to 20 minutes. I agree it takes me time to "warm up" and 45 minutes would be hard for me.

Could you talk to your T about it?

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

You are so right, and even if you think there is not much to say, we always find something. Except once when we came to a natural stop and few minutes before the end.

[Coco3]

I agree with Lolagrace and LonesomeTonight.

My sessions were 45 minutes, but my (ex) T also allows phone calls and emails between sessions.