I was once told this by a T that I talked to about her profession-that sometimes they can feel guilty about taking money for being there for people...but what she said is that she thought about how we don't think twice about paying a professional mechanic to fix our cars-because we understand that they are skilled and trained to work on the car and have it be in it's best condition-and in the field of psychotherapy-clients are paying for what they have learned from their training-their insight and professional (hopefully) skills to help us get our mental health in it's best condition...which is way more important than a car (this may seem jumbled-but I hope ya'll get the gist).

However-it does feel weird sometimes to pay someone to listen to us-I think part of it is this feeling inside of us that says "If you really cared about me, you wouldn't charge me for this compassion, time, and love that you are giving out-and the wish that we had someone like that in our life that didn't charge for 50 min of their time...but I still think the therapeutic relationship is set up this way with boundaries and terminations and professionalism for a reason...