Posted by Dinah on January 13, 2012, at 18:56:48
In reply to Re: What you pay for » Raisinb, posted by Daisym on January 13, 2012, at 18:39:41
My therapist was actually offended on behalf of therapists. He didn't think this was what clients paid for at all. He liked to think they paid for his expertise. His training and experience. As Daisy says, the keeping of his sh*t out of the therapy room was a part of the professionalism with which he operated. He didn't think that required extra pay. :)
As I've said, he does tend to be generous in interpretation. His most generous guess was that this therapist doesn't provide actual therapy as in "treatment", but rather perhaps provides the listening and counsel that he associates more with "counseling". You wouldn't look to a friend for treatment, whether or not you paid for that friend to focus on you alone.
He also conceded that there were things a client might also find offensive. :)
He *did* say that he'd be terrified to write a blog about therapy - or at least about a therapist's relationship with their clients from a business point of view. I suggested that if he ever do so, he read a lot of Yalom before attempting it. There's a writer who makes therapists look good.
My therapist has a fair amount of wisdom in the larger things.
poster:Dinah
thread:1006988
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20111220/msgs/1007190.html