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Originally Posted by Service Cat
I don't know what T's usual rate is, but when I started seeing her at her private clinic we discussed payment, and I said ideally I would pay 60 dollars a session. She accepted this, but I often wonder if it is a drain on her to have a low paying client. (...)
How do you rationalise underpaying T?  |
The therapists finances are the responsibility of the Therapist, period. It is not up to the client to worry about taking care of the T.
I understand the inclination, I've had the same thought about how much my T must get paid in the end. I've even done the math of looking at my bills and calculating how much the Insurance company takes, vs, my copay etc. but in the and I realized this is a classic case of deflection from my own issues and care-taking My T. Care-taking is my co-dependent self, and "my little girl looking after Mom."
T's finances are HER job not mine. She makes her own decisions on sliding scale payments for her own reasons. I care about her but I have to respect the fact that she's a professional and she can handle her own life.
I need to clear that space to worry about my own issues, not hers.