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#1
May 05, 2008, 11:32 AM
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do you prefer them written during or after session?
I find it distracting when notes are taken while I am talking. |
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#2
May 05, 2008, 11:38 AM
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During... Because that way I know she won't forget as much... trying to jot down stuff after session is hard and may miss some points
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#3
May 05, 2008, 11:45 AM
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Mine takes notes during and it doesn't bother me at all. Actually, I am usually drawing on my paper or something so I don't have to determine when to make eye contact, LOL.
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#4
May 05, 2008, 11:51 AM
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After session, because I believe that T should be engaged with me during the session and not engaged with the paper.
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#5
May 05, 2008, 11:55 AM
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snow, I'm actually not sure my T takes notes at all. He doesn't during session (well, a couple of times in couples therapy he did and once in individual, but that is it). I never see him taking out notes at the beginning of my session that he has written previously to refer to, so I'm really not sure he has any. Or maybe they are all on the computer, I don't know. My previous T took copious notes during session. I guess it's OK if it helps them remember. But I like how my current T is not trying to multitask during session by taking notes.
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#6
May 05, 2008, 11:55 AM
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After session, this is the way my T has always done it, to change now would be distracting.
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#7
May 05, 2008, 11:58 AM
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My T writes notes during session. I write notes during session. Both busy writing notes!  
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#8
May 05, 2008, 12:49 PM
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My T wrote notes for the first time during session on Friday. He asked me to take him for a "tour" through my house and he wanted me to describe it in great detail. He asked me, "Is it okay if I take notes? Because I know how you feel about a therapist taking notes during session." I told him that is was okay. I actually thought it was quite amazing that he took notes during this particular session because it showed his dedication to my story. Otherwise, he has never taken notes. I know he takes them when we are on the phone because he showed me the notes once from a manic phone call and they were sort of hilarious. I am sure he takes notes after session because I have a pretty thick file, lol. I know it contains the millions of poems, journals, and other things I have given him, but I'm sure it also contains notes.
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#9
May 05, 2008, 07:54 PM
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i admit it freaks me out when she takes notes - i wanna know what's in there!! "patient is just plain nuts!"
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#10
May 05, 2008, 08:02 PM
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My T doesn't take notes in session.
She wrote some things down at our first meeting. And once she asked if she could take notes.. something for school she was doing to get feedback on, so she took notes for that session only. I wouldn't like her taking notes every session. Maybe you have such good things to say that she doesn't want to miss or forget anyything! Have you told her how you feel about it? |
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#11
May 05, 2008, 08:13 PM
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My T does not write notes in front of me. If he did, I would get up and walk out. IMO therapy is a place for a personal exchange of feeling, not a time for record keeping. That can come later.
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#12
May 05, 2008, 09:43 PM
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All 3 of my T's take notes during session, I'm so used to it, that I'd find it weird if they didn't. I do sometimes wonder what all is in my file at my pdoc's, it has all my notes from my hospitalization last summer and it's massively thick.
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#13
May 05, 2008, 10:12 PM
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My T doesn't take notes during session, and I'm glad, because I know I would be thinking "what did he just write?". I think it would make me crazy (or crazier! lol)
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#14
May 13, 2008, 12:01 AM
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My T takes notes during my sessions. It only bothers me when it causes long, awkward pauses...I know what she's writing anyway, so it doesn't matter. It's just a reference for herself to go back to.
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#15
May 13, 2008, 05:53 PM
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My current t doesnt take notes in the session, which is what I prefer ... but I had a previous t who would write his notes during our sessions, and I absolutely hated it!
For me, it was so distracting to see my t writing down what I said, and I used to get very preoccupied by whether or not what I said to my t was something he deemed as important enough to write down in my file ... and then I'd get bothered by the times when I thought that I said something very noteworthy, but my t didnt even pick up his pen ... and then there'd be those times when I'd talk about the most trivial of all subjects, and my t would be scribbling furiously! LOL! I'm so happy now that current t doesnt do her notes until after the session. |
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#16
May 13, 2008, 07:20 PM
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You can always request a copy of your notes if you are interested. Especially from hospitals just to see what is written.
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#17
May 13, 2008, 08:15 PM
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My T doesn't take notes either during session. He may after session but I am such a sensitive person, he would never even tell me he takes notes at all.
I'm fine with that too
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#18
May 13, 2008, 08:43 PM
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My T keeps notes, but never in session. I would be very distracted and bothered by it. As it is, I often preface revealing information with, "I'll tell you this, but only if you won't write about it in your notes." It creeps me out to know someone's writing about me, even with my best interests at heart.
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#19
May 14, 2008, 02:42 PM
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My therapist doesn't take notes during the session. I'd feel weird if she was writing as I'm talking to her...
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#20
May 14, 2008, 08:47 PM
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My T does not write notes till the end.
Many times I give her journaling that I have done during the week, so she pretty much knows what's going on from that and it helps me to inform her of things that are to hard for me to talk about at this point.
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