austin-t told me if he won the lotto he'd stop practising. but he said because i'm the only client of his who's ever asked him not to leave, that we could continue therapy but maybe on his yatch.

i dont think the large sum of money question is fair: it sets up therapy as an either/or dichotomy of helpful or money grubbing. i think that part of the privilege of being a therapist is that you get paid for it, and given that people need to work for an income it's a great job to have. but certainly i can think of other jobs which require less years of study which pay triple the amount a therapist earns, easily. pdoc doesn't charge me at all (but he does get a minimal sum under medicare), austin-t charges me $20 where the 'standard' wage for a psychologist is $206/hr. he has told me he will see me pro bono should i ever lose my job or find it difficult to pay.