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Originally Posted by Nightside of Eden
This is one of the (many) reasons I refuse to ever consider therapy again. If the therapist actually cared about me, they wouldn't expect to be paid to spend time with me. The whole arrangement grosses me out, honestly. I have real friends who will listen to me for free. I don't need to hire someone to do that.
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The point of therapy is to understand yourself better ( your inner emotional life and maladaptive behaviours) so you can make positive changes and get love from realationships outside of therapy.
Prostitution can teach a man ( or woman) about the mechanics of sex, but will never be good as sex in a loving realationship ( for most people anyway). The same with the T client realationship in that it's a poor version of a realationship outside of therapy . The T doesn't even really have to care at all, as long as they help you improve in your life, are understanding, and don't violate boundries. Often a caring T can be more detrimental then a T that feels indifference.
Never forget why you're in therapy. It's not a paid friendship, although it can feel that why at times. You paying someone to help you make genuine realationships outside of the therapy.