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Is it okay that my therapist records our sessions?

Ang93

My new therapist asked me to sign a contract, and I thought it would be all the usual things, but was rather surprised to learn that he wanted to record every session. We had already had 2 sessions before this - I don't know whether or not these were recorded or not.

I asked if this was for reflection purposes. He seemed to say yes, and then said he rarely listens back to them anyway and they get deleted after 4 weeks.

Do you think this is okay or something to worry about?

I really don't want to change therapists again as my last therapist ended things very abruptly and I've found this very traumatic. 

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  • If you think it will make you uncomfortable enough to hold back and not get the most out of your sessions I’d ask if he can just hand write notes. If he says he deletes them after a few weeks without listening I would imagine he may have had trouble before where he’s been accused of something that wasn’t true and is saving evidence in case it happens again

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  • If you think it will make you uncomfortable enough to hold back and not get the most out of your sessions I’d ask if he can just hand write notes. If he says he deletes them after a few weeks without listening I would imagine he may have had trouble before where he’s been accused of something that wasn’t true and is saving evidence in case it happens again

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