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Old Aug 06, 2018, 07:00 PM
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My T uses an automated service to confirm appointments. It sends me a text about 26 hours before my appointment. I am to reply "yes" to confirm or call her office line to discuss the appointment. It specifically gives the office line (which is basically just a voicemail box) rather than her cell number, which makes me wonder if she doesn't give out her cell number to everyone or if she just doesn't want to be dealing with paperwork stuff like that off-hours.

My pdoc's office sends text confirmations 1-2 days before, but these seem to be personalized. They used to call me. I prefer the text messages.

In both cases I see them weekly and I appreciate the confirmation from their side that the appointment is when I am expecting it to be.

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Old Aug 06, 2018, 07:03 PM
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I don’t receive appointment reminders. She just doesn’t send them. I’ve never asked her to send them. I guess I just automatically assumed it’s my responsibility to remember my appointments.
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Old Aug 06, 2018, 07:06 PM
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The clinic sends an automated text about 1 week before. You have to reply 1 to confirm, 2 to cancel and call the appointment hotline to reschedule.

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Old Aug 07, 2018, 03:38 PM
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Does your T send appointment reminders? When I started seeing EMDR T she asked if I wanted her to text me appointment reminders. I asked her to for the first few appointments as I was not use to every other a week appointment. So she did that and after a few stopped which I was fine with. When T passed and we decided to switch to weekly appointments she started with the reminders. I am fine with it but seems odd. She sends the reminder the day before. The day before was the day T and I met. So she knows it is a difficult day. So wondering if she is doing it as a way of saying "I am here for you; hang in there".

If you do get reminders do you ever respond besides to say see you then?,

Before my last appointment. I told her I don't know if could emotionally handle an appointment. She texted back with support and suggestions. As I said it doesn't really bother me but this is all new to me and not sure how to handle
My new T does this. It makes me feel she can’t trust me to remember. However, like you, it feels nice to receive if I’m having a hard day. Hers are not automated.

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