Right now, I need a therapist who is older than me.
I'm 26 now, so I guess it's not hard for me to find an older therapist, but I did work with two psychologists in training who were roughly my age when I was in university (I was 22 at the time and they were maybe 24-25). I didn't like it because they were both going through the same stage of life as me, so I felt they didn't have that extra "life experience" that I needed. So I need someone who's already gone through my stage of life who can look back on things and say, "yep, I was your age once and blah blah blah"
Maybe when I'm like 30 or 40, I wouldn't mind having a therapist who's my age. It's just that I'm at a stage in my life where I recently graduated from school and I'm trying to settle down. I don't really want to be speaking to someone my age who's trying to do the same thing. I need help working through this stage in my life.
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