I would go a step further and say if someone's life is "wonderful" they still have a right to see a therapist for whatever reason they need.

I had this question about my own practice, early on because even though I recognized I had some issues that I needed to deal with, I am basically "okay". I have a functional life, a support system and if therapy weren't available to me at a an affordable cost, I would probably be able to manage. I wondered out loud to my T if I wasn't being a bit "indulgent" to go to therapy and if all this "self-care" wasn't a little bit "selfish"

She said to me something no one has ever said before:

"What's wrong with being selfish here?"

She went on to explain that my "me time" takes nothing from anybody else. If I want to pay My money to rant to someone for whatever reason that is— and that's called "selfish" so what?

(In American English) the definition of the word selfish is this:

Selfish: (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

While sitting for an hour in session, I'm not taking food from anyone's mouth. I'm not hurting anyone. I am looking after myself. In therapy, or when i take a walk, or schedule a vacation day off work and tell no one, technically I am doing this solely for myself. Does that mean it's hurting to taking anything away from anyone else? Does that mean I'm shirking my duties in the rest of my life? NO.

Now, what I've learned since I began therapy has been far beyond what I expected to get out of it. I am getting close to the core of some deep stuff. These concepts in turn, are helping my relationships at work, with my family, and with my partner. These are also core issues I would have never realized or began to grasp if I had let the word "selfish" stop me at the door, and I would argue I needed to be a little bit "selfish" to get there.