[Val12]

I have noticed this with my last 2 Ts and this current one. At least half of the time, they will take me into their office a few minutes later than my appointment time, but always end the session on time. It has always annoyed me, but, as someone with anxiety issues, I never felt like I could say anything.

Being cut short on time has been thrown even more into my face now that we are doing video calls. I can see my call logs with my T and they're like 41:32, 42:13, 41:59, etc.


Has this been your experience? Did you say anything?

[Omers]

Typically a therapy “hour” is 50 min. My T usually runs late and sometimes we get out on time sometimes late or early. I figure it balances out in the end.

[Lonelyinmyheart]

Mine are an hour.

[Salmon77]

My sessions are 50 minutes. They almost always begin and end on time. I understand being a couple minutes off now and then, but if my T were consistently late, I'd be upset about it.

I think you should definitely let your T know that you've noticed this and that it bothers you.

[Merope]

Mine are an hour (60 minutes) but sometimes he goes over by 10-15 minutes, which I really appreciate. I tend to be the last appointment of the day so he doesn’t often have anyone after me.

I can understand why your situation annoys you, it would irk me too if my T ended earlier than the agreed time, especially since you pay for every single one of those minutes. Given my personality, I think I’d be too anxious to bring it up though. Would you find it easier to email your T about this rather than saying it face to face?

[LonesomeTonight]

Mine are technically 50 minutes, I think, though I'm usually in there about 55 minutes, when billing and scheduling are considered (I pay T directly and also schedule with him). We've occasionally gone a full hour. He's generally on time to get me, but the other day he was about 7 minutes late to a telehealth session, and he asked if I was able to stay a few extra minutes to make up for the time, which I appreciated. I would definitely tell your T this bothers you, especially now that you can see the exact times for telehealth.

[ScarletPimpernel]

Mine are 45mins. They sometimes run a few mins over.

[SlumberKitty]

My sessions with regular T are right around 55 minutes to 1 hour. My sessions with Pastor T tend to be around 35 to 40 minutes. (Note: I do not pay Pastor T for therapy, but I do tithe to his/my Church, so I don't really care how much time he spends with me as it is free. Secondly Pastor T usually asks me if there is anything else I'd like to discuss. It is me who says, nope, I'm good. But if there were something I wanted to discuss, we could take up to the whole hour.)

[zoiecat]

My T told me it depends on your insurance. I was contemplating switching insurance companies at work and he said the other company would only pay for 45 minute sessions.

My sessions are 60 minutes and it is one of the few boundaries about which she is very vigilant. In three years of working together, there have been less than a handful of times where we have run over and in those instances by only 5 minutes. It is really interesting to me that she upholds the time boundary, even if I am distressed or we are finishing on a disturbed note (which is common). There are many other boundaries which she does not uphold.

[CharlieStarDust]

Mine used to be 60, but over the last couple of years, they’ve been 50. Which sort of ticks me off - since I’ve been seeing her for almost a decade... but them’s the rules, I suppose.
In a situation where I felt shorted, I’d probably email and express my dissatisfaction (and provide evidence. For example: on date X we started at Y and ended on Z).
Good luck!

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Depends, sometimes it's 40 minutes, sometimes 50 or 60. We've gone up to 1 hour and 15 minutes once. It depends on how I'm doing and how much I have got to talk about.

[nottrustin]

Do you know what time she bills for? If she bills for 45 minutes the requirements are not actually 45 minutes. These are the requirements.
90832 – Psychotherapy, 30 minutes (16-37 minute)
90834 – Psychotherapy, 45 minutes (38-52 minutes)
90837 – Psychotherapy, 60 minutes (53 minutes and above)

T use to bill for 50 minutes. We always went 60 or more. Emdr T is 60 minutes and we have never gone only 60 minutes. Usually it has been 75 or so...twice only 65 because she had someplace to be.

[0Smile0]

I have always has really generous therapists in terms of time and have been spoilt looking back. However the last therapist I had we were meant to have 50 mins sessions and I enjoyed the strictness of that 50 minutes but it was never really 50 minutes. By the time we walked to her room a couple of mins past by the hour and she would always finished before the 50 minutes were up and I started to notice by the time I completely left the building I was still in my time. I mean we are talking 2-5 minutes per session but I still think that's a lot. I wouldn't have minded if occasionally we overran but even if I was in a complete state and dissociated we would still stop before the time was over. This was one of the reasons I left.

Anyway now is the opposite so far we have run over a couple of minutes each time and it just makes me feel less pressured and it feels less clinical as a result. There is still an acknowledgement of the time but I don't feel like I am going to be ussured out the door 47 mins in.

[Mountaindewed]

I usually get tired around 35 minutes and that’s the least amount of time that she can bill insurance for. So that’s when we end most of the time.

[Taylor27]

Mine are a full hour. She sometimes goes over 15 to 20 mins and it is nice. She works it in so every client has a full hour or more if needed

[Under*Over]

Mine are anywhere from 35 minutes to 50. Im not really satisfied with my current practice, my last one was better and I used to always get 50 minutes plus. But Ive relocated and this is the best I can do right now.

[Gettingitsoon]

Phone sessions right now and not loving them.
But live or phone at least 50 min, sometimes 60.

[Christmas cookie]

60 minutes

[stahrgeyzer]

With my psychologist they're 50, but she usually gives me 3 to 8 minutes extra. Today she wants to see me twice per week & offered half the price. I said that's not fair to her, so we agreed on 40 minute sessions at half price until I become more stable and no SI. She's always been very nice to me.

My psychiatrist only does 25 minutes now for my meds.

[feileacan]

With my T it is exactly 45 minutes from the moment he responds to the door bell until I'm out of the room. It takes me about a 1-1.5 minutes from entering the front door until I'm laid down on the couch and it takes up to minute to put my shoes and jacket on and get out of the door. So the effective session time is about 42-43 minutes. The session never starts earlier and it never runs longer.

Mine are about three hours to five hours..i have DID and it takes several hours to process things and give everyone time to talk.

[Lrad123]

My T is extremely consistent with time and my sessions are 50 minutes. In the 2.5 years that I’ve known him he has always started exactly on time. Once or twice we’ve gone over by a couple of minutes, but that feels uncomfortable to me for some reason, so I keep a close eye on the time and make sure that we end on time. Not sure about your T, but with my T if he was late or just changed the way he started or ended sessions it would be perfectly ok to bring this up and talk about it.