woeisme
- Date posted
- 3y ago
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I had a therapist years ago offend me and actually hurt my feelings. Next session, I talked to her about it and told her how I felt. She genuinely apologized and we moved towards rebuilding trust. She was an excellent therapist, and had I not been brave in communicating with her, I could have lost out on some really powerful treatment
JustmesadlyJustmesadly
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I did! It was so horrible, twice. I was so sure I would NEVER see a therapist ever again! But then I found this app and I started to think if I never get help I’ll never get better! I’m almost done with my sessions now and this therapist is the most incredible person I’ve ever met! Extremely helpful and I have completely changed my mind about therapists
🤎🤎
- Date posted
- 3y ago
i had a therapist during quarantine so all of our sessions were over the phone. She showed up to one session and never called me for any of the other ones because she forgot. She also messed up our scheduling every single time and would call and ask me when i could meet when the day before we had made an appointment already. overall it increased the anxiety i felt going into therapy cause i had no clue if she was gonna even remember our appointment or not. it took me a little while to want to do therapy again but i moved past it by understanding im not gonna find the perfect fit right away, it might take a few to get to a therapist i really like so i just had to hold out hope for finding one i do like.
JessieJoyJessieJoy
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Therapists are people too, sounds like she was going through some stuff she may need to get addressed. They aren't all like that at all
PalmTreePalmTree
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I had a therapist who, after several sessions, seemed to get eager when I started talking about depression and said, “Now we can get into something deeper here.” Before I’d been talking about situations with roommates and whatnot that I couldn’t get over and kept bothering me. I quit after this because it felt like the things I’d said before were boring, and now the “deeper” stuff about depression was more interesting to her. She was a grad student at my college, so maybe that had something to do with her reaction. I’m not mad about it anymore. It was free therapy from my college, and it helped to talk even if my experience with her overall was eh. What I’ve realized now is that every therapist is different, and that not every one is a good fit. And that’s okay!
JessieJoyJessieJoy
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I saw a grad student too. Not the best. But she was learning. And I'm a therapist so I'm sure I was like that at one point myself
PalmTreePalmTree
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@JessieJoy Yeah, I tried to keep in mind that she was still figuring out how to respond to things.
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Joe87
- Date posted
- 22w ago
Talk therapy and counselling can be bad for you.
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