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I saw my Pdoc yesterday and when I was setting up my next appointment for July I got a choice between in office and telechat. I chose in office. I see my therapist today and I’m wondering if she’s going to mention anything. Maybe she’ll give the same choice and do a few days at home and a couple days in her office or something like that. Idk. I’ll probably ask her what she feels safest with. I’m dying to get back to the office though.
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My therapist just said video chats might be permanent! They can’t do that can they? She mentioned that with masks you can’t read the clients facial expressions. Basically it’s about the masks. She said doing therapy outside isn’t an option. Man do I feel ****ed over right now.
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Permanent? Ugh, I'm sorry. I mean, I can see saying it will need to be that way until the virus shows signs of going away, but I hope it won't continue to be such a big issue permanently... I mean, could she reevaluate in a few months? Now I'm afraid to ask my T... |
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Sigh. My therapist and I talked about this today. He said that since masks are mandatory for now he wants to stick with telehealth. He said that he wouldn’t want to be in person with masks because of the problem reading facial expressions as well. I am disappointed, but I understand it.
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I worry about that... Though mine also has said he doesn't like video. I think I still may ask tomorrow if he is considering doing that permanently. I was thinking, if they want to limit exposure, that maybe they could only let a few clients a day see them in the office, the rest online. With a couple hours between the in-person clients. Like how a couple hybrid classes worked in grad school, where I'd go to campus every other or every three classes (which was nice because it was a long commute, but I still liked in-person learning). |
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T and I have discussed it. She will do it when we no longer need to wear masks and was the chairs between clients. She has fabrics chairs so cleaning them is impossible. she also works with quite a few clients that escape war torn countries where they witness their family killed by masked people. Also she will have a hard time reading facial expressions.
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The post was talking about a permanent switch. I'll link it for you. Several therapists chime in saying they have no plans to do it, so it's not universal that all therapists are thinking like this.
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If my T doesn't do this I'll be surprised. But the thing is, I wish I knew at this point because I don't want to do video therapy at all, but certainly not indefinitely. She keeps saying, "We don't know what's going to happen yet." Well no, we don't. But I don't want to go more deeply into therapy then have to stop it with her permanently. I feel that I deserve a timeline, within reason. __________________ Last edited by *Beth*; Jun 02, 2020 at 08:58 PM.. |
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Neither of my therapists seem likely to go virtual permanently. One of them uses EMDR a fair bit, which she can't do remotely. The other one told me that she finds it very difficult and tiring to connect with clients over video compared to in person. EMDR T has mentioned not going back to her office at least until school starts again (late August). Regular T sent out a notice that the therapists in her practice won't be until mid-June at the earliest, but I bet she will push that back.
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I plan on asking my T when I talk to her on the 13th.
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#38
I am really hoping next week the clinic I go to will start allowing clients one on one. I have still had my sessions over the phone since the middle of March. It's been very hard for me to talk over the phone and hopefully soon it will get back to normal. I thought it would be okay doing it over the phone but i just get to anxious and issues are getting horrible again.
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#39
I asked Dr. T today, saying (through tears) that I hoped he wasn't planning on doing remote sessions permanently. He said definitely not, though he doubted he'd go back to in person until fall, possibly July or August depending on how things go. I was relieved he intends to go back to in person, but fall also seems far away...
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Well I just got confirmation from Cigna again that they stopped covering telehealth as of 5/31. My T said they told him it was extended but they again told me know based on my particular version of Cigna. Not sure what that will mean for me. I guess I will find out this afternoon at my next appointment. (or no appointment because I will not be going if it is not covered)
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