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Old May 17, 2020, 04:40 PM
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For money, we get partial reimbursement from insurance (helps that my H works for a health insurance company!) for 60% of bills for out-of-network T's (which my T is). But last year they reduced the amount they'll cover 60% of this arbitrary amount like $132 or something. So will only cover 60% of $132. So I worked with my T to get a lower rate so that my out of pocket is still about the same. So I pay him a reduced rate. He's said that about half of his clients see him at a reduced rate, too. And for email, he's said that right now, with Covid, he's not charging any clients for it.

ETA: My H's job has nothing to do with what the insurance will cover, he works on messaging for patients, like "You're taking this drug, so you need to get liver testing done."

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Old May 17, 2020, 04:57 PM
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I wish I had the resources to do what I see people do on here- multiple appts a week, constant reassurance with emails or text. If only I had more money, maybe I could be more important, too.
It sucks that you feel like you're not important to your T. I don't think that's necessarily related to how much money you spend or how much contact you get, though.
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Old May 18, 2020, 12:23 PM
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I have only texted regular T a few times regarding scheduling or in one case I realized she was sending the reimbursement to the wrong part of my health insurance so I texted her the name and number of the correct department to send it to. She replied back "Thank you." I have seldom texted and or emailed Pastor T but he has responded to each of them. Something short. Sometimes a sentence or two, but sometimes just a word or two. I think when I texted him to let him know i was out of the psych hospital, he said "yay!" and that was all. No, how are you? Or any of that. That was reserved for session.


My former T let me text her and email her pretty much whenever. She would respond sometimes and sometimes she wouldn't. If I specifically asked for a response she would respond. Usually within a day or two. Although I loved the contact at the time, I don't really think it was best for me or for her. I think it made me really dependent on her and I had a hard time when she got MS and had to stop being my therapist.
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Old Jun 15, 2020, 07:22 PM
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It sucks that you feel like you're not important to your T. I don't think that's necessarily related to how much money you spend or how much contact you get, though.
I also don’t think that whether someone is important to their T or not is necessarily related to how much contact is given by the T, or how much money is paid either.

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Old Jun 16, 2020, 01:22 AM
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It's not about money for my T. She made it really clear to me several times as fees have fluctuated at the clinics we've been, and when she entered private practice. I'm now seeing her on a reduced fee, and she still treats me the same way as she always has.

My T doesn't respond to text but sometimes responds to email. I can ask her for a scheduled, brief call if I need. It's not something I pay for and any clients who need it get the same.
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Old Jun 17, 2020, 08:02 AM
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Not since he blocked me LOL
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Old Jun 17, 2020, 12:12 PM
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My T does respond to my texts. I text her extremely rarely though.
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Old Jun 17, 2020, 03:11 PM
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My psychologist does not give his clients his email address and/or his cell phone number. He has strong boundaries. The only thing we can use for crises is the office number in which his office manager answers. After hours, the calls get forwarded to physician's exchange. I have found that this works very well for me.
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Old Jun 17, 2020, 03:13 PM
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In the times that I've e-mailed or texted him, he's responded. Most of the time those texts or e-mails have been prompted by something he would say in session (i.e: text me and let me know how this goes). The one time I e-mailed him to talk about therapeutic content, he replied that it would be better discussed in session.
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