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Old Sep 04, 2017, 06:12 AM
feileacan feileacan is offline
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Originally Posted by Myrto View Post
Using the term "patient" is a huge redflag to me. They're not doctors (not talking about psychiatrists) and I'm not ill. "Patient" is patronizing imo. "Client" means that I'm hiring them and I get to fire them whenever I want. It's empowering. They are offering a service and I'm paying for that service. Therefore I'm a client.
As you can see, you can't assume that everyone sees those things the same way. For me, being a "client" and a T "offering service" are red flags. I'm dealing with very difficult stuff in therapy, which are in some sense a matter of life and death. Those things can't be approached to my mind with the attitude of "providing a service to a client".
Thanks for this!
awkwardlyyours, Out There