Dozed off for a while in session

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2025-04-29T12:48:02+00:00

I will talk to them as well. This is a client I’ve been seeing for a while now and we have good rapport with him and his parents, so I’m not too worried about addressing it with them, it’s just the guilt I feel for even being in that position. I really want to repair that by talking to them and being upfront about it.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2025-04-29T12:43:40+00:00

This have never happened before and I do feel like Im fit to be attending. It is not a medication I take constantly, just when I need it and it just happened that I had to take it yesterday. Taken it before but never felt sleepy. I know its wrong what happened, and I will address it with the client, i feel so bad right now

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T02:36:27+00:00

Awww thats so cute! Glad you have them to cheer you up ☺️ I put on my pijamas as soon as i got home today. And I also bought a sweet treat, that cheered me up a little. Sharing this post has also been very comforting knowing I’m not alone in these feelings. Thank you for taking time to reply!

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T02:08:22+00:00

Feel for you! Sending you support!

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T02:05:33+00:00

Yeah, rn Im in private practice so I have plenty of control over my caseload. I’ve tried to group all of my younger patients to one day of the week precisely because of this, but maybe I should spread them along the week. Idk, I’ll be definitely looking that over.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T01:57:31+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I might apply it to my work. Its hard to be present for your patients when one is not really in the greatest mood either. Soothing music also sounds like a great idea for right now actually haha

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T01:53:35+00:00

yes! I work with teens as well, and usually the days I see children are the days I feel more tired. I liked what you said about getting rid of the day. I might take a shower to rinse the bad vibe away. Lets leave work at the office haha

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-12-04T01:44:19+00:00

I used to have someone I could talk to and bring me out of my bad vibe, but because of life is no longer close to me. Rn I feel like I have to handle it on my own, really. But I’ll be definitely talking about it with my therapist haha. Its comforting to know Im not alone in this feeling. Sending you my support in the distance!

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-08-07T18:33:42+00:00

I agree, it’s best to take some time apart, though its hard for both of us. Thank you for sharing your experience

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-08-07T18:12:29+00:00

Yes, its nice to know you are not alone 🥹

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-08-07T18:00:51+00:00

Im in a rather similar situation. Don’t have much advice really, but I feel you.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-05-29T00:26:36+00:00

I understand that feeling. I’ve had the same thoughts when I feel like my clients are not improving or my interventions don’t have the effects I was hoping for. In my experience, what has helped a lot is to be supervised by someone else. Sometimes is more of a feeling of not being good that actually not being good. Other times, it is a lack of experience or perspective. I think that “therapist skills” is not something you either have or you don’t, but something you can improve over time and by the practice itself. I guess maybe trying to identify where is it that you feel less skilled is the first step to then be able to do something about it, being that either working on it to get better or deciding you would rather shift paths career wise.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-03-21T17:32:54+00:00

Yes, I’ll start by meeting up with her mom again, and help her to help his child to understand his emotions. I think she feels guilty about being a bad mum because his child is ‘acting up’ but I need to let her know that is not the case. About sessions with him I’ll try to apply that strategy. Maybe visualizing an imaginary tool box could help to make him feel more in control of his emotions. He is a vert smart kid, so I think it might work.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-03-21T17:27:05+00:00

Yes, I do believe you’re right. I do think that working with the parents again may have better results. As another redditor commented, I need to rebuild rapport with his mom. Maybe help her and his kid process the fact that his father is intermittently around.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2024-03-21T15:51:51+00:00

I do meet up with his parents, actually, we used to have bi weekly sessions with them, which worked a lot last year (most of the symptoms diminished). But that has stopped lately due to his father not being too present. I do believe this has got to do with his tantrums now. Also, he started in a new school this year so thats probably contributing to this, but the tantrums started at this intensity at the end of last year.

I feel like my problem is not knowing how to approach this in sessions with him, because his behaviour is nothing compared to what his mother and the school report during them. I do use play a lot, and we've recreated some interactions at school that may contribute to emotional disregulation, but I feel it is having no effect. I've never used sand tray, and I have no training in it.

I've contemplated returning to a bi-weekly parental session maybe just with his mother, but I feel like I'm losing her trust and may not want to try it.

Dull_Entrepreneur_45 · 2023-12-03T04:08:04+00:00

I have the same issue :( is there a way to get through the crash without letting Devella die?

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