Posted by Daisym on June 20, 2006, at 0:43:57
In reply to Re: ANGST! » annierose, posted by Dinah on June 19, 2006, at 22:48:08
I would handle this whole thing by being my usual helpful self: "OH, --gee, I've noticed you've been out here a few times recently. Did you know that we are suppose to go into the waiting room, instead of hanging out here? Sometimes it is hard to figure all this out. But it is a pretty good system. Like, in case you leave in tears one day...you won't actually have to see anyone. And I guess it adds a measure of privacy too, which of course, we all want."
Hopefully she will take the hint.
I think I'd be upset that my therapist wasn't indignant for me and didn't assure me that he would deal with it. I remember a long while ago when a coworker was bringing her daughter to another therapist in my therapist's office and he would go out of his way to make sure that they weren't in the waiting room when I got there or he would intercept me and bring me in another door. It was all about safety for me.
Good luck with this. I would hate it.
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