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Posted by B2chica on February 5, 2009, at 8:27:01
The question is: can the people in the waiting room of my T's office hear me/littleone when i'm crying hysterically.
well, last week i went a little early to my T's and noticed there was no overhead music and the person that was in my T's office ahead of me...WOW i HEARD EVERYTHING!!!!
she was Very angry and yelling, and it was pretty crystal clear.
ALL i could do was remember the times i get so upset in T's office (as littleone or teen) and YEP i'm 100% sure they can be heard!!!
OMG, how utterly embarrassing!now i'm afraid to show emotions in that office!
luckily i know that not everytime there is someone out there waiting. but how humiliating if/when there is :(
Posted by onceupon on February 5, 2009, at 10:35:02
In reply to The answer is Yes...Cr@p., posted by B2chica on February 5, 2009, at 8:27:01
Yipes, that sounds awful. Does your T have one of those white noise machines? It seems like an ethical matter - your T has a duty to protect your privacy, right?
Posted by B2chica on February 5, 2009, at 14:38:05
In reply to Re: The answer is Yes...Cr@p., posted by onceupon on February 5, 2009, at 10:35:02
ya but i'm even afraid to tell her i heard them. i dont want her thinking i was like TRYING to hear or anything...
but maybe i should mention it to her, so at least she knows that maybe having that music on overhead helps dull "others talking".
maybe i wont necessarily say it was HER clients but someone elses...there are three other offices in there...
its just that day no one else was in so i knew who and where it was coming from.
Posted by backseatdriver on February 5, 2009, at 15:33:50
In reply to Re: the answer is Yes...cr@p, posted by B2chica on February 5, 2009, at 14:38:05
Can't believe she has no "white noise" machine.
Not to ride my own hobbyhorse too much, but I think a white noise machine is one gift one should feel free to give a therapist, no matter what their policy on gifts is.
BSD
Posted by sharon7 on February 5, 2009, at 16:53:20
In reply to Re: The answer is Yes...Cr@p., posted by onceupon on February 5, 2009, at 10:35:02
Oh no! Yes, that would bother me, too. I agree that your T would probably want to know this. My T is like totally into the privacy thing. I went to the office one day and the door to the waiting room was open. I didn't think much of it. Thought perhaps the carpet got wet or something. When I was in with my T, she was like "did it bother you that the door to the waiting room was open?" and I was like "no, not at all" (because it didn't) so I asked her "why?" and she said she just felt it wasn't being respectful of peoples privacy. (The girls who work the front office had propped it open, and I don't think she was very happy about it.) She knows how sensitive I am to everything, so maybe when she heard it didn't bother me, she figured "well, if SHARON'S not bothered by it, then surely no one else will be!" LOL! That's totally different, I know, but your T would probably be mortified to know her office is not sound proof. And perhaps you won't be the first person to mention it and she'll go get one of those noise machines, a paper shredder or something!
Take it easy.
Sharon
Posted by Recently on February 6, 2009, at 10:47:21
In reply to The answer is Yes...Cr@p., posted by B2chica on February 5, 2009, at 8:27:01
Yeah - I agree with the others you should tell your T - she probably doesn't realize and would be interested to know. There's a white noise maker in my T's waiting room, though I can still hear sometimes. It's pretty muffled though. I guess it's not so bad hearing if someone is in there or not - but hearing clearly - that's stressful!
Recently
Posted by B2chica on February 6, 2009, at 13:31:52
In reply to Re: The answer is Yes...Cr@p. » B2chica, posted by Recently on February 6, 2009, at 10:47:21
well it also bothered me because she was quite angry with the other person that was in there, not sure if it was her dad or something (didn't look up when they walked by) and she kept cursing and yelling at everyone in the room. and i heard her say to my T "does my anger scare you?", my t of course answered it quite diplomatically, but it rather bothered me too.
thanks for the comments all
b2c.> Yeah - I agree with the others you should tell your T - she probably doesn't realize and would be interested to know. There's a white noise maker in my T's waiting room, though I can still hear sometimes. It's pretty muffled though. I guess it's not so bad hearing if someone is in there or not - but hearing clearly - that's stressful!
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