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Originally Posted by retro_chic
Sorry, but this is not how psychoanalysis works. Other than the first "boundary", the rest of them are completely unreasonable. Expecting a client to pay for sessions while they are on vacation and cannot attend or else they can't return to therapy is extortion and completely unethical.
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Exactly.
Sure apparently some clients are willing to pay for sessions they don’t attend, but it doesn’t mean it’s ethical or appropriate for a therapist to ask for it and charge for it.
I also thought how many people use their health insurance to cover partially or fully all or some sessions. Mine covers unlimited sessions.
Therapists would know better not to bill for sessions that never took place. Insurance wouldn’t cover that and in fact it would be fraudulent to expect to get paid for something that never took place to “keep the spot”. Yet these therapists think it’s fine to demand that clients pay for sessions that never happened!