[atisketatasket]

Curious: Does your therapist see your time slot as "yours"?

I don't mean that it's yours to do what you want with. I mean for those of you who see a therapist at a regular time and date, do they associate you with that time and date, like "Agent XYZ is Tuesday at 4 pm"? Do they remember that when filling out their appointment book? If they start putting in someone else's name, do they catch themselves and remind themselves "no, that is Agent XYZ's spot"?

I am not saying it is good or bad either way.

The therapist had an iPad she used for appointments so she would put my name in and populate it out on the calendar as far as it would let her. Periodically she would check to make sure it was populated out as far as it would go. One time she didn’t check and stuck someone else in there so I was double booked with another client. She took me though..but only because I was paid up and the other had a balance. So that was my long winded way of saying no. She didn’t associate Tuesday’s at 10am with Jersey because the one time she didn’t check..another client was there.

[NP_Complete]

I know he knows what time we meet without looking at his calendar because he's said things that indicate that he knows at times that I doubt he's actually looking at his calendar, but I'm sure my appointments are just in his calendar for the foreseeable future and I don't know for sure if he would think twice about if he was about to schedule someone else in that slot. I think definitely the slots are mine because I've occupied them for a long time now, but I chose "maybe", leaning towards "yes", because I can't be 100% sure what he thinks.

[unaluna]

I dont think so. I think he thinks thats the appointment books job. I mean, when i have more than one appt per week, or even just one, i have to write it in my book (or rather, phone now). Otherwise i would definitely get confused. Days and hours just run together anymore. Like the end of 2001 a space odyssey.

[velcro003]

I am guessing so as she has never written down our time in a calendar that I ever saw, and I've had the same time slot for a long time now. But really, I have no clue.

Yes, L did. One time when I got there as she let me in, she said "I was just looking out the window when you drove up, and I thought 'oh it must be Thursday 4:30 because there's Artie!'"

[nottrustin]

I think so. I am her one evening appointnent. On Tuesdays she goes into the office later because she stays later for my appointment. When I saw her every other week, she probably didn't, though. I have been seeing her week for about a year and a half

[Omers]

I answered yes but it is more of a sort of...
T associates me with Monday at 1pm... BUT when someone Speke is with T he is not thinking about me (fair enough as he is not thinking about them when I am with him) and so sometimes he messes up and puts someone else there. He tries to schedule me out in advance but sometimes not far enough out. He feels horrible when he discovers he gave someone else “my” time. I however am not too possessive of “my” time slot. With my memory issues it is far easier when it is always the same time and day and changes do produce anxiety as he doesn’t tend to write them down for me or do reminder calls. I don’t think that all of his clients need the same kind of rigid consistency that he tries to provide for me.

[Spirit of Trees]

My T used to have a good idea of when I wanted to schedule my future appts, but she didn't think of them as "mine." Also, I don't think she placed any meaning to it because the policy was that I'd book another session when I came in anyway. And that applied to her other clients too.

[ArtleyWilkins]

No. I didn’t have a set time slot, nor did I want one. Wouldn’t have worked for me.

[stopdog]

I had the same spot for almost 6 years. I am not sure she would think X person at Y time on Z day, and she was mostly retired, but if I had to cancel for work and then said I was available - the spot was always open.

Yes. Fir 17yrs.
In the beginning when T said "this will be your time", it meant nothing to me.
Heading never experience such commitment and integrity I had nothing to show me what an important commitment that would be.

It's been as important as everything else I've experienced anew within therapy with T.
I get it now. I know what doijg that signifys.

[sophiebunny]

I don't have a set time with my therapist. I have a set date and time with my psychiatrist. I think of it as my sacred space. I sincerely doubt he does. Although, I've had the same appt time for 12 years. He may think of it as my time after all these years. I'll ask.

[LostOnTheTrail]

For a long time, I had a standing appointment, but we haven't done that for a while. I feel fortunate that she thinks of me and 'pencils me in'.

[~Christina]

I have seen my T for 8 years on Wednesday’s at 3pm. Typically if I’m out because of a vacation he takes that hour to keep current on paperwork.

[Echos Myron redux]

100%. I've had the same slot for 5 years. He has been known to organise conferences around it.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Yes, my T remembers and puts me down for the same time every week. He also doesn't give it to someone else if I'm sick or something like that (he once said he might give it away if he knew about a cancellation early, like a week before, and I'd not want a phone call during the time, but usually I opt for a call if I can't be there in person). He has never put down someone else for my time, I think he'd realize it if he'd be doing it.

[Lonelyinmyheart]

From what my T has said, I think she does. We have had to re-arrange at times but I'm the only client she sees on a particular day so she definitely seems to associate it with me which is nice.

[LonesomeTonight]

I have a usual time on the 2 days I see him, but sometimes we vary from that time to accommodate his schedule or mine. Apparently, he does think of that as "my time" because I saw him an hour later than usual yesterday, and he said he had in his head that he'd be seeing me in the usual time slot and was confused when he saw a 6'3" guy sitting where I usually sit in the waiting room. He said he thought to himself, "I don't think LT has grown a foot taller and changed into a man..." Also, he'll often say, when scheduling for the next week, that he held those time slots open for me.

[susannahsays]

She doesn't have a time set aside for me. I do tend to see her around the same times every week, but it varies and could really be at any time. There have been a couple times when my first of two weekly appointments was not until Wednesday and I wasn't sure if that was because she wasn't going to be in on Monday and Tuesday or if she had forgotten to save a spot for me. But I heard her tell the receptionist recently that she is full and not taking more clients, so maybe she has some awareness most of the time when she's scheduling to save a spot during one of my usual slots. There have been several times when she has even said her schedule was filling up and she saved a spot but she wasn't sure if it would work for me (it was always during one of my usual times, so it did). So I guess she might have some awareness. Maybe.

[SlumberKitty]

With Former T I saw her for years on Wednesdays at 9 o'clock. I definitely felt like T thought of that time and space as mine. But then when I got another job, I started seeing her on Wednesday's at night I think it was 6 PM at one office and then the opposite week at Fridays at 7 PM at the usual office and she kept those times for me until she got sick with MS, then it was whenever she felt well enough to go into the office and if that time worked for me. With current T, she doesn't seem to have ANY clue about her schedule until maybe 1 minute before she walks into the waiting room. And the last few times she has been expecting someone else, not me, so I don't know if she is looking at the wrong day or what. Even this month, I've been seeing her Wednesday's at 6:30 except for this week because I cancelled, and she still didn't expect to see me.

[Lrad123]

Yes, same time every week for 2 years. That’s just part of the type of therapy my T practices. I didn’t get it at first, but now it feels important and can’t imagine not having that.