How do you list therapy on your calendar?

starfishing · Jun 09, 2019 at 08:41 PM

If you keep a calendar, paper or digital, how do you mark down therapy?

I used to list it as "therapy," but then years ago moved to listing it as just "Therapist's Name" because I was trying out several different therapists and it was easier to track that way. I've stuck with listing it as Therapist's Name all these years on my digital calendar, mostly out of habit but also because it makes it easier to search for if I want to quickly pull up how many sessions I've had recently (to reconcile billing, etc.). And a friend recently mentioned that he lists his therapy appointments as something totally different, because he doesn't want anyone peeking at his calendar and knowing he sees a therapist.

I've been thinking about changing my system, since I just started seeing my therapist 3x per week and to be honest, seeing his name all over my calendar that many times is seeming a little weird to me. It kind of sticks out in a different more noticeable way now (or maybe I'm just projecting).

What's your system, if you have one?

nottrustin · Jun 09, 2019 at 08:43 PM

I put the therapists first name.

atisketatasket · Jun 09, 2019 at 08:44 PM

Info's initials, time, address. Same for others except I usually used their last name instead of initials (I think I might have done DBC for Dr. Biker Chick). Dunno why I changed that. Maybe because Info has initials that spell something silly.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 09, 2019 at 08:48 PM

I just list his last name (no "Dr." or anything, though I refer to him as "Dr. [last name]" in emails) and the time. I've always used a name, I think--even back when I was first seeing ex-T (though with her I listed her first name because that's how I referred to her). I don't think someone glancing at my calendar would necessarily think it was therapy--they might just think I have regular work meetings or whatever with this person. But no one really has access to my calendar except my H (I work from home as a contractor), and if someone found my phone, don't think they'd know who it was. So not really a concern to me.

stopdog · Jun 09, 2019 at 08:57 PM

It was a set time and day for both of them so I only put on the calendar when I was not meeting - and then I would put DNM(do not meet). I never referred to either of them by name to them or to the two other people who knew I had hired a therapist. I referred to them by their street names - The one on Main Street or The one on Elm for example

feralkittymom · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:02 PM

I just enter initials on my phone calendar. But that's also what I do with other appts, sometimes listing the business name if it's not a regular vendor.

WarmFuzzySocks · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:12 PM

I type "Appointment (T's name)." It matches the way I record other calendar events: Coffee (friend's name), Appointment chiro, Visit (daughter's name), etc.

If it's at a time that I normally transport a teen somewhere and I am asking someone else to fill in, I will put it in the family calendar as "Mom appointment; (driver) take (kid) to (activity)."

ElectricManatee · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:25 PM

I just list my appointments as her first name (which is what I call her) in my Google calendar. Only my wife has access to my calendar, and I don't really care if somebody peeking over my shoulder at work sees her name or wonders if I'm in therapy or whatever. She has a her own color code too (purple).

AllHeart · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:47 PM

Appt time and t's initials only cuz I'm too lazy to write out her full first name consisting of 7 letters. Lol

Lrad123 · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:54 PM

Not super creative. I put “T” for each of my twice weekly appointments and “MC” for my marriage counselor appt which occurs every other week. This is on my family digital calendar that 4 of us use. I wouldn’t put these appointments on my work calendar/schedule.

zoiecat · Jun 09, 2019 at 09:55 PM

I put "shrink" for therapt appts. For my Pdoc I use her name.

SheHulk07 · Jun 09, 2019 at 10:15 PM

I've always just used my Ts first name on my phone and my wall calendar in my room. No one else looks at either calendar and it was easier for me to keep track when I was seeing 2 Ts at the same time.

For my son's psychiatrist, I put my son's name and pdoc. On my wall calendar, I put my H's name and time if his appt instead of his Ts name. And everything has its own color.

Omers · Jun 10, 2019 at 12:05 AM

Usually I use initials but current T goes by Dr. and his first name. I feel disrespectful using his initials until I figure out why he goes by Dr. He is 100% more down to earth and approachable than any other T and doesn’t like being formal but he is the only T I have ever worked with that didn’t go by their first name and no title. Now, one other T I worked with I called Mrs. X but that was because I was still in high school and that was what felt normal for me. She also had her PhD but she didn’t care what I called her.

Xynesthesia2 · Jun 10, 2019 at 12:20 AM

Whatever I call them. I called my first T Dr. Lastname for a while, then just their first names. When I had standing appointments, I also put the location and therapy in the description as it can get confusing with common names. I use Google calendar and have an admin assistant who helps with managing part of my professional schedule, I just set all personal meetings "private" so she does not see what those times are blocked for.

Elio · Jun 10, 2019 at 08:58 AM

I list it as dr and mark it as private as it is my work calendar.

Jun 10, 2019 at 09:10 AM

I used to just put t's first initial and the time.

WishfulThinker66 · Jun 10, 2019 at 12:49 PM

"Linda @ 10:00"

But I do so not out of privacy but because that is all that will fit into the tiny box on the calendar.

Still, I loved the choices. Haha, invisible ink, I love that one. Get out the lemon juice!

LostOnTheTrail · Jun 10, 2019 at 12:51 PM

Initial and time.

Jun 10, 2019 at 03:52 PM

some of those options are creative, btw!

amandalouise · Jun 10, 2019 at 04:23 PM

therapist name and time. I have discovered if I treat it on the calendar any different than any other appointment it calls attention to it ..ie sibling over for dinner happens to walk past the calendar and sees a bunch of names and times they think nothing of it but whoa whats that right there that looks different .. hey sis what's GeO at 4:30, the kids start a new sport or something? Um no thats my therapy appointment. why didnt you just put her name like you did for everything else on the calendar? ...see what I mean. as long as I treat it just like any other appointment or errand it wont call attention to it but treating it differently then anything else on my calendar would raise questions. Georgia (not actual therapist name for the sake of this post ) 4:30 pm.

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nottrustin Grand Magnate Member Since Jan 2014 Location: n/a Posts: 4,819 10 375 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 08:43 PM #2 I put the therapists first name. __________________
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atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,145 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 08:44 PM #3 Info's initials, time, address. Same for others except I usually used their last name instead of initials (I think I might have done DBC for Dr. Biker Chick). Dunno why I changed that. Maybe because Info has initials that spell something silly.
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feralkittymom Grand Magnate Member Since Aug 2012 Location: yada Posts: 4,415 11 1,974 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 09:02 PM #6 I just enter initials on my phone calendar. But that's also what I do with other appts, sometimes listing the business name if it's not a regular vendor.
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ElectricManatee Magnate Member Since May 2017 Location: Earth Posts: 2,515 6 4,704 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 09:25 PM #8 I just list my appointments as her first name (which is what I call her) in my Google calendar. Only my wife has access to my calendar, and I don't really care if somebody peeking over my shoulder at work sees her name or wonders if I'm in therapy or whatever. She has a her own color code too (purple).
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AllHeart Magnate Member Since Feb 2015 Location: USA Posts: 2,024 9 2,132 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 09:47 PM #9 Appt time and t's initials only cuz I'm too lazy to write out her full first name consisting of 7 letters. Lol
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Lrad123 Poohbah Member Since Nov 2017 Location: United States Posts: 1,332 6 372 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 09:54 PM #10 Not super creative. I put “T” for each of my twice weekly appointments and “MC” for my marriage counselor appt which occurs every other week. This is on my family digital calendar that 4 of us use. I wouldn’t put these appointments on my work calendar/schedule.
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zoiecat Grand Member Member Since Apr 2017 Location: USA Posts: 916 7 409 hugs given	Jun 09, 2019 at 09:55 PM #11 I put "shrink" for therapt appts. For my Pdoc I use her name.
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Elio ............... Member Since Sep 2006 Location: in my head Posts: 2,911 17 8,779 hugs given	Jun 10, 2019 at 08:58 AM #15 I list it as dr and mark it as private as it is my work calendar.
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Anonymous43207 Guest Posts: n/a	Jun 10, 2019 at 09:10 AM #16 I used to just put t's first initial and the time.
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WishfulThinker66 Magnate Member Since Jun 2018 Location: Canada Posts: 2,285 5 117 hugs given	Jun 10, 2019 at 12:49 PM #17 "Linda @ 10:00" But I do so not out of privacy but because that is all that will fit into the tiny box on the calendar. Still, I loved the choices. Haha, invisible ink, I love that one. Get out the lemon juice!
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LostOnTheTrail Tweaky Dog Member Since Aug 2011 Location: England Posts: 4,791 12 3,118 hugs given	Jun 10, 2019 at 12:51 PM #18 Initial and time. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light Just hold on tight, that's all you gotta do...' Steve Earle - Fort Worth Blues 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin
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Anonymous43207 Guest Posts: n/a	Jun 10, 2019 at 03:52 PM #19 some of those options are creative, btw!
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