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Originally Posted by feileacan
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".
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I didn't assume anything. I said "to me". If you don't mind the word "patient" then great. Also if a therapist is not providing a service to a client, what are they doing then? Are you not paying your therapist? Isn't your therapist offering a service the same way a dentist or a plumber would? Aren't you free to stop therapy the same way you would with any service that you're no longer happy with? To me that indicates that therapy is a service and that clients are customers. You are free to disagree.