Posted by Dinah on September 4, 2003, at 16:14:40
In reply to Re: Fees and meaning » Dinah, posted by judy1 on September 4, 2003, at 13:12:04
I'm sure that's true, Judy. I guess I have no real choice but to trust him. And it's certainly not that I don't think he's worth it. For the most part, I haven't liked the mental health professionals I've come in contact with. If it's true (as I have no choice but to trust it is) that he isn't charging more to me than to others, or if my charge is based on my poor bargaining skills, I'm not upset about it. It was if the charge was an assessment of me rather than of him that I had a problem.
By the way, my not so famous psychiatrist is $80 for a fifteen minute med check that rarely goes over 5-10 minutes. But his fee increases are written on poster board in his waiting room, so my feelings of inferiority aren't activated. :)
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