Getting emails meant for someone else, from your therapist

Has this happened to anyone?

It just happened to me, along with a follow up email apologizing and explaining.

The content was....hilarious but totally inappropriate, lol.

ive received a text meant for someone else. it said "just found it offensive". i was like wow, ive finally offended T. after everything ive done.

I've not gotten a misdirected email from T, but have gotten a misdirected text. My T almost instantly sent a follow up apologizing for the error. It wasn't a big deal to me. I just laughed, deleted the text, and forgot about it.

Yup. The first time that's happened was a month or so ago. It wasnt anything big or private but I quickly deleted it and almost 5 minutes later I got an apology email from my T about it.

I haven't had that happen to me, but my T once got 'my story' mixed up with another client. She said something like, "What you are feeling may be related to the time in your childhood when 'x' happened". I told her that 'x' never happened in my childhood. She tried to continue on like she never said it, but I could tell she was embarrassed.

My T has mis-texted me a couple of times. I have conflicted feelings the first time it was a funny thing and we both still laugh about it, something meant for her child. The second time it was supposed to be sent to another client and for some reason I keep wanting to believe I'm the only one she texts, but I'm not. So I don't like to think about that one. She always immediately apologizes after it happens.

The first one has texted and emailed me by accident. She blamed the devices both times.

A bad worker blames their tools!

No, it hasn't happened to me. But, I did accidentally email my T something meant for someone close to me that has his first name. Thankfully, it was nothing inappropriate or embarrassing.

I think I may have told her that. One of the times she was on pain meds for a broken bone. I was surprised she didn't blame it on the drugs rather than the ipad.

I got a misdirected very questionable email (no pics) from my t around the time anthony weiner sent the famous pics of his weiner. Every time Weiner popped up in the news, which was like constantly that whole freaking summer, looking back on it now, i felt as if my email situation had been publicly exposed. I dont know who was more embarrassed, me or t.

That was when i found PC. I also consulted with a male MD acquaintance, my former male t/pdoc, and my bff who is a MH counselor. I have had so many ts during my life i really didnt want to change again. T was single at the time, he was certainly free to do whatever he wanted, regardless of my transference!

Before this time, i would deal with conflict the way my parents did - denial, or "my way or the highway". Accepting another person as not being perfect was not in my playbook. I hope this helps explain some of my out of step posts here.

I very nearly emailed ex T with a picture of Gillian Anderson. I was emailing to someone else and her name came up. It was after termination and still makes me laugh to think of her ditching me and then just getting a random Gillian Anderson picture.

My pdoc did this to me too!. He apologized later, though. lol.

He was like, "You need to work with a therapist because you suffer from dissociative identity disorder. The only way to treat it is with therapy." I was confused and said, "....no? I don't have that." Then he said, "You told it to me during our last meeting." I said, "...no I didn't?" That's when he said, "Look. This is what you told me. I have it written down in my notes. Now, I know you don't want to accept your condition, but this is the only way you'll get the help you need." After that, I said, "I think you're reading the wrong person's file." Then he looked down at his notes and said, "Oh, oops."

I've never received an Email from my T meant for someone else, but she has accidentally texted me, meaning it for someone else. Once it was a text to her husband...she talked about dinner plans and what was on her schedule that evening, and when. Then she caught it after she sent it. I've texted her a couple times too by mistake. I now pretty much delete all my texts from my phone. I don't send mistaken texts to people unless they are IN my text messages. So once I respond to a text (from anyone) I usually delete it.

No, but a few weeks ago I overheard him firmly telling the client before me that his session was over and it was time for him to go. (They were at the front counter) It scared the crap out of me, as I generally feel I am overstaying my welcome. I finally had to mention it that day because I could not get it off my mind. T said he has never needed to say that to me, as I create all sorts of boundaries on T's behalf, and he wishes I would stop.

Yeah, pretty sure I am content staying on the side of things where I do not get told it is time to leave. I would be mortified.

Nope, never happened.

Its not "think", its "feel". Logically we can understand it as you say, but emotionally, because of defenses being down or whatever, because of the nature of a reparative therapeutic relationship, such an incident can incite fantasies that then can or need to be processed in therapy. imo, ime.

Una, i certainly understanding feeling vs thinking, and i am definitely more of a feeling type of person.

Sorry if you thought i was being judgmental, but that is not what i meant.

I didnt think (or feel!) you were being judgmental. I think its just two different pathways, probably literally - left brain and right brain. And IF there is some unfinished business - unintegrated feelings - that got lit up, the logic neurons dont necessarily automatically connect to the emotion neurons. Like youve got apples on one side of your head and oranges on the other. Ya gotta add some raisins to make an integrated chutney!

Not from my therapist (we don't text or email), but it happens semi-regularly at work all the time (particularly people replying to all instead of to individuals).

Not the same thing, but I was trying to send my marriage counselor an e-mail and copy my H. Started typing in MC's name, and Gmail autofilled my mother-in-law's e-mail--their first names start with the same letter, and she's often on e-mails with H, so Gmail just assumed... So almost accidentally sent my MIL an e-mail meant for our marriage counselor (at least she does know we're in counseling).

So that's it! I just need some raisins....

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Once, I accidentally received a text from my therapist after she returned from an extended vacation. It was clearly meant for a familiar member.

It was like this - " I can't wait to see you, I've missed you so much, love T"

Within 30 seconds, I received another text. " Oops sorry, that was meant for someone else. See you next week"

Ok, can you imagine my heartbreak? I had extreme maternal erotic transference for this woman. It really hurt😰

I love when, in trying to answer a post, you finally understand it YOURSELF. thats what happend for me here. Integration equals chutney!

Mine facetimed me on accident once