My therapists kid interuppted our session

I was doing telehealth this morning when all of a sudden her little kid comes up behind her and we make eye contact for a few seconds and my therapist didn't notice him and then she finally did and said "oh its-kids name- go upstairs I'm working." Then she apologized for the "suprise guest."

I was kinda caught off guard for a couple minutes and lost my focus. I couldn't tell if my therapist was super chilled about the situation or extremely angry and just handling it well.

Would this bother anyone? My cat crashed a session once.

I don’t think anyone would be extremely angry over their little kid showing up, unless they are completely insane, in which case they shouldn’t be therapists and also shouldn’t have kids

It would bother me if it was daily occurrence with family members interrupting. If it’s occasional, I’d say it’s no big deal. Life happens

I'm not sure I'd be *bothered," but I'd definitely be affected in some way and want to talk about it/process it with my T. I mean, I was affected during the pandemic when his dog made a cameo appearance--less so by his cat because he was petting the dog in his lap for much of the time, whereas the cat just strolled by, and it was weeks after the dog. In this case, it was more about seeing him acting tender to another being.

So, in this scenario, I'd be much more affected if, say, she'd given her kid a hug first. Or, in a different way, if she'd screamed at him. But this just sounds like she was telling him to go back upstairs. Still, for me, I could see how that might bring up some paternal transference, maybe a bit o jealousy of the child. If nothing else, anyone (or any animal) coming into the room during a session would throw me of my focus for a bit, so I think that's completely natural.

How are you feeling about it now? Also, I assume you knew already that she had a kid (or kids), right? I'd think it would be more potentially jarring if you didn't. I'd definitely talk about it with her if it's on your mind.

No, a workman busted in the room once, it's was Ts reaction to him that threw me more... I kinda smiled