Posted by 10derheart on January 14, 2005, at 0:20:30
In reply to forty five minutes, posted by emme on January 13, 2005, at 22:11:29
I think this can vary quite a bit, with the type of practice, number of patients scheduled, and also the therapist's personality and attitude toward time. I think the "50-minute" hour is kind of a standard (except for some pdocs who have gone to 2-3 patients an hour - mainly checking meds and *trying* to do a tiny bit of therapy). My former T. (pdoc) did do 45-50 mins., and had to stick rigidly to this being in a super-busy clinic with people on waiting lists to see him.
Current T. (psychologist)claims to do 50 minutes, but always runs over so I get an hour. No complaints here.
This is something I highy recommend you ask about up front with a new T. And if it's a T. you've been working with, now changing length of time, even more reason for a discussion. It can be a huge thing with boundaries and such. It has been and would be for me. There have been threads on it.
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