Posted by Elle2021 on January 24, 2004, at 21:46:07
In reply to Therapist is in difficulty....., posted by Catmom on January 24, 2004, at 12:21:11
Okay, this is one of my pet peeves. One time Burt's (I refer to my pdoc as Burt) computer system was screwing up. Half-way through the appointment, Burt gets up from his chair (I was sitting on the couch) walks over to his desk and sits down WITH HIS BACK TO ME and starts fiddling with his computer. Then turns around and tells me, "I'm listening, keep talking." WELL, I was pretty irritated and I wanted to cry. First of all, I know that if he is busy with the computer, then he isn't listening to me. It really hurt my feelings and I didn't say more than two words throughout the rest of the session. I'm sure he though I was over-reacting. But it made me feel like the computer and the tech. guy were more important than what I was telling him. Anyway, I think the story is kinda similar to your therp. taking a phone call during a session. However, this time she did have a really good reason to get up and take it, her mum is dying. If it had been, say a friend, and she just wanted to chit chat, then that would be rude. I don't think you need to apologize anymore, you said you were sorry already. People make mistakes. I would just try to forget about it and keep on with your sessions.
Elle
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