I still stick to the idea that therapy is nothing more than manipulation towards an "agreed upon" (as vague as it is when one enters therapy) goal. I also believe that most everyone who enters therapy (either as a career or as a client) have other motivations as well. Currently the goal on the table between my T and I is to increase my level of functioning given the autism. However, given past experience I know that my therapists primary goal is to get paid. Helping me, like it or not, is secondary to getting paid.

That is a struggle for me; I never knew how much suckage that point gets to be-the getting paid thing..until a friend of mine said "yeah, well someday you're gonna do this just for the money". I think the way that I concluded that issue for myself, is to see it as a mutual benefit..."I help you, you help me so I can keep helping you". Lol, all I can think of is Maslow's heiarchy of needs...if we don't get the food, water/shelter..all that good stuff, then we cease to be able to function in other areas. I think this is more than what I'm saying for omers, meaning I think it taps into your stuff...like maybe care always coming with a condition, which therapy would be an excellent recreation of that. I donno;

I know for d* sure if I could not pay her an upper class salary (north of $100/hr as opposed to the $35/hr of other therapists around here) she would not be willing to work with me as it would not support her "lifestyle". So... does that make us psychopaths or just more honest about our motives?