Posted by Rigby on June 27, 2008, at 13:12:22
Hello All,
I was in therapy for about five years. And then stopped about 18 months ago. Since then, I've seen my therapist a few times (maybe four total.)
I saw my therapist last night and she said, "You will realy benefit from some more therapy."
I immediately thought that it was about the money but caught myself, knowing I can have a pretty jaded and sarcastic view of therapy despite of the huge benefits I've reaped from being in it.
I said that it was a lot of money ($100/week out of pocket) and does she truly feel she can be 100% objective about this assessment.
She thought for a moment and said for the most part yes. She said she doesn't need to fill up her schedule, she doesn't need the money and the only part that wasn't objective was that she enjoys seeing me.
She said to try a month and see how it goes--that I should do it because she can help me, not because I feel she thinks I should. I thought this was reasonable.
But it made me wonder: how objective can a therapist really be? I mean if it were therapy in a socialized medicine scenario it's one thing. But therapists need to make a living and I just guess I'm curious to hear what others have to say about this.
Thanks!
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thread:836788
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