Posted by gardenergirl on August 15, 2004, at 8:29:26
In reply to Worst moments in therapy, posted by Dinah on August 15, 2004, at 0:11:42
I would have to say it was when he double-booked. I got there second. What made it worse was that the staff said I wasn't on his book, but didn't say he was with another client. They also didn't tell me he had another client the next hour. At the same time, I heard the nurse take a call that sounded like a crisis. I heard her tranfer the call, so I assumed that he was taking that call, and would come out when he could, so we could straighten things out. Now I know I was assuming stuff, but if they had told me his schedule was booked the rest of the day, I would not have waited an hour just to have him apologize and send me away.
That felt absolutely awful. I can understand the commedy of errors that led to it...I've doubled-booked once before, although I caught it ahead of time so I could fix it. But I still felt so unimportant and rejected. I struggled between that feeling and the rational side which knew it was a mistake. And the next session, I really couldn't talk about it. I just kind of said I understood. But I'm sure it was awkward for a bit.
gg
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