I shut my phone completely off when in session, bc Siri kept interrupting during session saying she could help with that. The phone was on mute.
2026-05-12 18:57:17
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Ashley| Parenting Mindfully :
it's WILD this has to be said
2026-05-12 17:07:56
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smangela5 :
As a single mom to a toddler in daycare, I have my phone on silent but if I get a call from daycare, I'm answering it. I'm a mom before I'm a therapist.
2026-05-13 02:44:20
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lesbibambi :
What 😑 I know we’re all about humanizing therapists in the big 2026, but we mean drinking water or making mistakes and apologizing. Not texting in session ☹️☹️☹️
2026-05-12 17:18:06
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hannnnnns :
I could hear my therapist texting one time during a phone session. It was frustrating. Found a new therapist.
2026-05-12 20:39:59
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🍁🍂🍁 :
Hmm did I miss something
2026-05-12 17:08:44
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🫀 :
I genuinely cannot even FATHOM looking my phone during a session? Sometimes it doesn’t even feel right to check the clock to make sure we are on track with timing 😭
2026-05-13 01:20:30
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Sara Noel :
The only time my therapist does is when she is texting something to me. Like a resource or something related to the session.
2026-05-14 23:06:09
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user665616854792 :
I'm a child welfare therapist that uses a modality that consists of certain modules and a lot of roleplay. One module is active communication. For this module, I do a secret roleplay where I'm a bad listener. I ask them to tell me about something and then pretend to scroll on my phone. It's so out of character that my clients are completely shocked. Inevitably, they realize what's happening and laugh. Usually they recognize a trait in themselves when their kids are talking to them, and it ultimately hits hard. That's my ONLY exception.
2026-06-24 00:41:50
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AdeleMarTellit :
I don’t think I’ve ever heard you use your teacher voice before
2026-05-12 22:44:27
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Rootbeersofloat :
I had a therapist who legitimately interrupted what I was saying with a breaking news headline that she got on her smart watch. Still shocked at that one
2026-05-13 01:09:22
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Lalala :
Nah if you have that much of an emergency cancel the session: you shouldn’t take their money if you have to look at your phone
2026-05-13 22:31:43
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gunni_ryan :
Much different than taking a sip of water or using a tissue.
2026-05-12 20:26:30
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ღ 𝔅𝔇 4 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭 ღ :
i genuinely do not care if my therapist texts during our sessions. she's a mom before she's my therapist.
2026-06-15 12:10:53
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Sarah :
Only time I ever! Do this is if I’m messaging front office relating to coordinating some specific care that the client needs imminently and it’s for and about the client!
2026-05-14 22:46:01
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🖤Emma🖤 :
the ONLY exception I use with this is that I'm chronically ill and always expecting calls/messages from my doctors; however, all of my patients are fully aware and are comfortable with it!!
2026-05-17 20:42:21
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Dr. Carolynn Gray,Psychologist :
Whoooooooo is doing this?????? WTF? 🙈
2026-05-12 21:07:44
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Amy she/her :
My therapist of mannnny years only answered an emergency call once when she got a call from her kid's childcare. totally understood. that's all it should be used for
2026-05-15 02:19:56
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Susan Brown :
I have recently seen so many clients online saying this has happened to them. It’s so upsetting.
2026-07-07 04:30:12
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TherapyWithSarahP | Ontario :
WHATTT this is not ok
2026-05-20 20:20:19
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LoneWolfCry :
I had a therapist flipping through her phone during emdr... I know because ads came up. I had another one whose ringer... w Lucy in the sky would go off multiple times during session
2026-05-20 04:42:01
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Sarah Riley :
I use my phone as a computer at times to print resources, worksheets, whatever and even then I feel weird and make sure they can see what I’m doing 😳
2026-06-05 04:07:59
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Katie :
W H A T 😳 who is doing this
2026-05-18 00:29:43
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kiwi__arts42 :
genuinely tho I think my therapist has only ever texted once during a session that was because it was her husband home with the sick kids and he needed to know which med otherwise it's normally off on the side table
2026-05-12 23:24:09
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