When to reach out when a regular client cancels without rescheduling
I'm curious how others handle this. When a pretty reliable client cancels a session (through an online system, not directly reaching out via phone/email) but chooses not to reschedule, do you reach out to see if they want to reschedule the next week? This is for clients who don't have recurring sessions pre-scheduled. Tbh, my brain usually goes to worst case scenario that I did something to upset them the previous session and they are politely cutting ties with me forever. Afterall, I've left a therapist this way before because I didn't want to tell them directly (I was young and not yet a therapist). I usually give them some space and then in 2-3 wks of not hearing from then I will reach out to see if they want to continue with sessions. This has always resulted in them choosing to continue, but then I get in my head about them just doing so to please me... But I also don't want them to feel like I don't care or forgot about them. I also need to reduce my caseload anyway, so it wouldn't be the worst thing if they didn't return. Ugh, I'm torn...