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Old Jun 03, 2025, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by atisketatasket View Post
Apparently, party affiliation does.

Have any of you ever had to sign a treatment plan *before* the first therapy session? A friend was asked to do so and balked at “you agree to the goals outlined by your therapist” before even speaking to the provider.

I certainly wouldn’t sign that, and I’ve never encountered it myself..
Yes, party affiliation and/or having enough money (or your family having enough money) that you can buy off people in power. I forget who, but someone recently got pardoned because their mother paid to attend a million-dollar-a-plate dinner or something like that.

And I wouldn't sign a treatment plan before speaking to the provider, no. I've actually never signed a formal treatment plan with any of my therapists. (I mean, I signed a consent to treatment, but that's different, and a legal thing.)

Is it some really specific sort of therapy like DBT? (Even then, I'd balk at it.) Or just a regular therapist?
Thanks for this!
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