Good, boundaried psychotherapy, pastoral counseling, addiction counseling, bodywork, medical practice, etc. should always be oriented to your emotional and medical needs and not to the emotional needs of the practitioner. There are good practitioners, and you have a right to be treated by them. Many of the items listed below might fit into more than one category. Business Practices Practitioner has offered to see me free or for a very low fee as a favor to me. Practitioner bills insurance for sessions which don't occur.
Sessions frequently run over by half an hour or more.
I am usually the last appointment of the day. There is usually no one else around when I have my appointments. The practitioner often keeps me waiting for long periods of time. I often don't know how long a session is going to last. The practitioner frequently answers the phone during my sessions.