Thoughts on the Ghosting Clinician

Without disclosing too much, this week I woke up on Monday morning and said to myself “I need a therapist.” So I went to the site I use and started looking for consultations. Twice clincians rejected my requests without even a comment as to why. I realized from a clinican’s standpoint that we are getting an onslaught of requests and it is somewhat hard to keep up and communicate with everyone, but from a client perspective I realized….it doesn’t feel good. In fact it feels pretty bad. As a client, you are already feeling kind of vulnerable putting yourself out there then having a clinician ghost you can put you right off. So to that end I am making a commitment that I will not be ghosting, even if I don’t have the bandwith. Everyone deserves encouragement for taking that first step and I can do that no matter how busy I am. I am also starting a waitlist so people can at least feel like they are getting somewhere. This is something that I may mess up on, but going forward promise to try really hard not to.

Happy living out there, everyone!