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Originally Posted by Myrto
My recommandation would be to focus on creating a life that you want to live in instead of focusing on the relationship with someone who is paid to listen to you and who will stop seeing you once you stop paying. People here seem to forget this is a business relationship.
Therapy can absolutely be helpful as long as you come in with realistic expectations.
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I think the problem begins with therapists. Their behavior is endlessly ambiguous. Their mixed messages confuse the s**t out of people. It's a business relationship, but they
really really do care about you and understand you, maybe more than others in your life. Some of them even profess to use "love" to heal, or to re-parent your wounded child. Then in next breath they caution you to not get the "wrong idea", I'm just your therapist. For fk's sake.
I agree people should not have the expectation that a therapy relationship will fill some intimacy void in any real way. In fact there's a good chance it will worsen that feeling. But therapists need to stop manipulating the masses with their freakish marketing and messaging. The whole freaking profession needs a thorough house cleaning and gutting. Most of them should close up shop and get a real job. Leave a few to counsel people in crisis. I digress...