Not necessarily... And I'm insulted by your statements.

Here in the US with our ridiculous health insurance situation, this is simply no longer true. My insurance (which she is paneled with) gives her between my copay and their contribution just $65/hr. Given that we live in one of the most expensive cities in the US and she has 25 years of experience after her PhD and she rents out office space, this hardly makes for getting paid very well as you claim. Not to mention the fact that she never charges me for texts, emails, or phone calls (maybe about 20-30 mins/week, but this is half a session). Therapists don't get paid when they don't work, so any vacation time/illnesses/caring for sick family members isn't compensated, like the rest of us with salaries. My therapist has thought about going to a cash only practice--therefore she'd receive the $125/hr she charges, or double--but she refuses to do it because she knows that most of her clients couldn't afford it. So, instead, she sees clients 5 days/week and teaches 2 graduate classes as an adjunct. My therapist is hardly the only one who does it for her deep caring--and yes, love--of her clients.

I'm not sure what your point is here--my understanding of PC is to be supportive. Yes, some of us "struggle" w/ loving our therapists (and other people in our lives), but why come out with such inflammatory statements that clearly aren't constructively challenging us, but rather are judgmental and demeaning?

I hope that you can one day work with a therapist who is genuinely in it for the love her work, perhaps of her clients.