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Originally Posted by divine1966
I am sorry but example of someone spending a year complaining got to me.
I don't think it makes a t that great and awesome if he/she just sits there the whole entire year collecting money from a vulnerable client listening to him complaining about missed appointment or what not (probably tuning it out the entire time and not even listening ).
Certainly maybe it's ok if therapy is free. But it's kind of unethical to collect big buck for a year long venting sessions.
I think if after few months of unresolved issue over missed appointments or being late or whatever, good t would either finds ways to resolve the issue or refers clients to some better t.
Now certainly client should be able to talk about whatever they want to. But someone who is unable to get over it for a year is clearly unwell and need more help than just opportunity to vent with no resolution.
How is that ok? Let's see 100 a session, 400 a month, 5000 a year. For what? Some Ts charge 200. One would go broke over this all while t just sits there! How wonderful. Apparently it is better than terminating?
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I appreciate your point of view, though my viewpoint is much different.
I think having a specific in-therapy event that triggered such big feelings is an incredibly useful tool for a good therapist.
Agreed that an incompetent therapist may sit there and just listen without learning or interpreting anything, but a good therapist would see this as a ripe opportunity to work with strong feelings and focus on underlying causes, try to determine what keeps feeding the feelings etc. He/she might analyze how the client expresses anger and figure out what kind of responses help the client cope with similar difficulties in life. It's certainly annoying tedious work for a therapist but that's why they are paid 200 an hour.
Also, the client may be unwell, but I don't think that's something that should be held against them. I'd guess a year of dwelling on something like a missed appointment is pretty standard for untreated OCD.