Is this weird?

[HmmOk]

I've been having counselling. Got email from counseller saying due to rewiring the building "we will meet on Zoom for our next appiontment".

AIBU and uptight in to think it should have been her asking me if I was ok to do the appointment virtually? I dunno? I've never done online counselling before.

Fully prepared to hear that I'm just behind the times now when everything is online!

And you need some empathy
Grow up

Most of us are in need of therapy for one reason or another. Being nasty to them when they get it is so unhelpful.

Have I hit a nerve?
You don't have to be so bitchy in your response to @HmmOk

Totally agree @KajsaKavat

OP ignore the unpleasant user above. If you don’t want to do it online just say so. If you are willing to give it a try I would bring up with your therapist the words that made you uncomfortable and talk it through with her. Good luck x

I think you're reading too much into it. If the building is being rewired, would you rather not see her for X number of weeks? This way, you can still keep your sessions.

Not weird or a red flag. I would discuss with your therapist what you've said in here, how it's made you feel. Good luck with it all!

OP - no it's not weird, just impolite. She should have worded her email differently.
I would reply saying you're happy to give it a try but if it doesn't feel right you will need to return to F2F asap, even if that involves missing a session until the maintenance work is complete.

Hi OP

Therapist here (working remotely and face to face). Your reaction is perfectly valid, particularly in the context of your difficulties. I would never just assume a change from face to face to remote (or the opposite) would work for a client without checking first. Your therapist should have acknowledged the change might not work for you, and offered you an alternative (skipping a session / rescheduling), rather than assuming a remote session would be ok for you.

I’m sure the email was fired off without much thought - not ideal for a therapist, but we’re human and do mess up sometimes.

Do talk to your therapist about it. It’s likely to be helpful for you both to consider think the assumptions and beliefs this has activated (& maybe how your therapist can manage similar situations a bit more sensitively in the future). Good luck!

What’s with the strange gif? Are you French by any chance?

A lovely sensible reply from @redpicturelamp 💯

I can’t answer for poster buuut I did the same thing yesterday, accidentally clicked one of those… 😱

No idea where the strange gif came from. Sorry 😂