[JacksonLiam]

If my T doesn't call today, I am done with therapy and I will never seek out another therapist again. I think this is all a sham. Most therapists cause more harm than good and rob us blind while they do.

[MoxieDoxie]

Not sure they are robbing us blind as the insurance companies pay them crap. I know my I pay a $30 copay and the insurance pays him $50. Geez personal trainers and massage therapist make so much more than him and they do not have to go through years and expensive of college.

[DP_2017]

I do agree with more harm than good aspect.

I am sorry you are feeling this way, it sucks. I'll be right with you if my session tomorrow goes badly. I can't keep doing this to myself.

Hugs to you

[toomanycats]

I am always curious about people threatening to never seek out another therapist again. Who is that supposed to hurt?

I mean, I get the threat of "I'm firing this therapist;" that's obviously aimed at the therapist, who suffers a loss if you choose to fire him/her.

But, it's like...ok, you'll never seek out another therapist again... no one is going to argue with that. Unless you're court-ordered or a minor, no one is making you go to therapy.

[stopdog]

I understand OP.
And we don't all use insurance - I paid out of pocket.

[DP_2017]

When I say I am never seeing another, I don't intend to hurt anyone but rather avoid all the comments suggesting I should.

[here today]

Originally Posted by JacksonLiam

If my T doesn't call today, I am done with therapy and I will never seek out another therapist again. I think this is all a sham. Most therapists cause more harm than good and rob us blind while they do.

It sounds as if you have been hurt in some way by your therapist not calling you and not warning you about the office closure, etc. By his "neglect" and disrespect of you. Is that correct?

Can you say specifically, what about that is hurtful or intolerable?

I have had that happen, too -- a lot. And I continued to go to therapy because I "believed" in the process, for a variety of (not very good) reasons.

I don't go any more. Realizing the horrible feeling of being disrespected by my last therapist eventually triggered the horrible realization that I had been disrespected by and within my family, probably from the beginning. An intolerable situation, one that was covered over with lots of "defenses" and numbing out, probably.

So, that may be the "job" of therapy, to uncover that -- but the next step, how to build or rebuild a life they have no help for. Which is why, IMO, the process can be so harmful.

I believe it would have been very hard for me to "survive" the realizations over the last 18 months since my last therapy ended, without PsychCentral and the support of people here and the opportunity to vent.

Have you tried posting about your issues in some of the other forums, like Depression or Grief and Loss? Just a thought.

Originally Posted by JacksonLiam

If my T doesn't call today, I am done with therapy and I will never seek out another therapist again. I think this is all a sham. Most therapists cause more harm than good and rob us blind while they do.

Don't give up. I've had some poor experiences I've the years.
Is not completely hopeless.

[toomanycats]

Originally Posted by stopdog

I understand OP.
And we don't all use insurance - I paid out of pocket.

Well, certainly this.
I pay out out of pocket and did with exT too.

[unaluna]

Did you check your spam? Or, he might have left a voicemail at a wrong telephone number, it happens a lot where i get a message for the wrong person.

Obviously this is bringing up a lot of emotion for you that has been lurking and still needs to be dealt with. Why let a stupid unintentional mistake derail your plans? Its just a bump in the road. Keep going on YOUR chosen path.

[fille_folle]

Sorry to hear you're feeling so desperate. Whatever you decide, I hope you'll take care to make sure your decision is really in your best interests and not a product of temporary emotions.