Posted by onceupon on July 23, 2009, at 21:46:27
In reply to a therapist's personality means alot, posted by friesandcoke on July 18, 2009, at 21:02:33
I'm with you on this one. Partner and I saw a couples therapist once who had her dog in her office. I don't mind dogs at all, but the fact that she hadn't told us about the dog only added to the list of negatives that this therapist was accruing.
OTOH, when I was in college, I saw a therapist at the college counseling center for a while who was blind. Her companion dog lay quietly under her desk during sessions, and I found that comforting, somehow. So maybe I just didn't like the couples therapist!
I think I might have posted about this here previously, but the worst "therapy shopping" experience I ever had was when I went to see a therapist in her home office. Her kitten wandered in and out of the room, and on occasion tried to jump on her desk - to which the therapist responded by pulling out a water gun and shooting it at the cat. Only my deeply ingrained sense of deference kept me in my seat for the remainder of the session after witnessing that.
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