Posted by emmanuel98 on July 27, 2011, at 19:26:10
In reply to Re: first session back » lucielu2, posted by annierose on July 27, 2011, at 7:13:36
Once I called my SW and asked to change the appointment time and she never called me back. Apparently, she had changed it in her book, but forgotten to call me. I came in and there was a patient waiting and another patient leaving. She saw me briefly to set up a time later in the day. Again, there was a patient leaving. I had never really seen this before -- her full schedule. Also, I generally see my p-doc first thing in his day, so don't encounter patients leaving or coming. That week, he had someone before me, who I saw leave and someone after me, who I saw waiting. I became totally distraught about this. Could barely talk to my p-doc or SW.
In his book about therapy, Irvin what's his name says something about the pain of one therapist, many patients.
We all know it's true. I talked to my p-doc about this and he said a therapist has to have at least 20-25 patients a week to make enough to cover their costs and make a living. But he also pointed out that they spend an hour carefully listening to each of those patients, see them week after week and come to know them well and care about them deeply. It is not like my job (I teach college) where I have 90 students a semester and spend most of the semester just trying to learn all their names.
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