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I have not been able to keep intouch with my therapist since my last session before the clinic got shut down due to covid19 out break there. I know she has to stay away for 14 days, so that means she wont be back til Monday. I am worrying everyday and it's been so hard to focus on my life. I hate how this is a one sided relationship right now. I just really am worried she might not be well either. I have asked the secertary and she could not comment.
I still have my session booked for next Thursday. Last weeks session was cancelled. I have talked to the crisis hotline a few times this past week, just to keep from getting over whelmed. I wonder if it would help if I asked my therapist if we could keep intouch by e-mail so that I don't feel abandon or feel scared. I think some therapists are allowed to keep intouch by e-mail now. I also don't want to over step any boundaries either. |
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I think it would be ok to at least ask if you can keep in touch. I hope your T is ok, too - I know the clinic having an outbreak doesn’t necessarily mean they caught it but I can understand why you’d be worried. There was a flood in my T’s town in the new year and I did feel a bit concerned about her. Luckily I can email her outside sessions so could ask if she was ok.
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You're in a terribly anxiety producing situation. I went through it once, just after we'd really gotten into the therapy. My T was out for 3 months with pneumonia. I was having an awful time of it and ended up IP. No one in the clinic would tell me what was wrong with my therapist, which I think is cruel- and my therapist would never keep something like that from me. Now I know her email address and occasionally use it, which is fine with her.
I strongly suggest that you ask her about emailing. Be prepared, she may say no - but then she could be amenable to emailing. It's worth it to ask. Good luck! __________________ |
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I am sorry you are going through this, I know it can be hard.. I went through a pdoc being out on medical leave unexpectedly. It was horrible and she was encouraged not to contact clients even me who she knew would struggle because I had just lost my T
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I have to admit it's been a long time since I last went to therapy and it was a relatively short experience but I'm often confused why so many around here seem to refer or think of them in such personal ways.
You say "I hate how this is a one sided relationship right now." but I don't think it should be a relationship at all? they're not really supposed to be friends or anything, just a professional treating you. Well, at least that's how I see it. |
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I'd maybe also ask not about general email contact but about what if such a situation were to ever occur again. I'm pretty sure my T would not want to start texting me every week (doesn't do emails), but I think in such a situation if I asked he'd agree to something like sending me a text twice a week just saying whether he's doing okay, something like that. Maybe you could work out something like that in case email in the classical sense doesn't work?
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