Do you think therapists actully want you to get better?

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I mean, if you do then you stop seeing them and then they lose money. Maybe that's why people hate therapists.

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Of course! As a therapist nothing makes me happier than saying "we're done here, you no longer need me. You're able to handle XYZ now where you weren't before. my job is done, you got this!" For me specifically, I treat mainly people with PTSD. its literally my job to work my self out of job.

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There is such a shortage of mental healthcare professionals that nobody is losing money by helping somebody get better. There will always be another patient to fill that slot. I recently went through the process of getting my SO an appointment with a therapist and he’s on a 6 month waiting list.

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That would be like saying the doctor gives you the wrong medication to keep you sick. Or the mechanic fixing the wrong parts. It doesn't make sense.

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I mean it's the same with any type of doctor or medications right? You take medicine, it cures you, you no longer buy medicine = no profit. But I do think doctors want you to get better. Maybe not all because I've been to some private ones that are really there for the money only!! But to me, public health is okay.

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As someone who is going into psychology, I can say that my goal is to help people and not leech a person dry of their money, so if they get better, I'll let them go. That's been my own experience with therapists, too.

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Yes. They’ll always have more patients.

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In some ways, it doesn’t really matter. Unless the therapist is terrible, then change to another. It’s all about whether the patient wants to get better.

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Is like any kind of medical practice... Where I come from therapists can’t make any kind of advertising, so if the therapist is good the patients will give good references

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Most do, some don't

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Trying to get a therapist covered by my insurance, i called about 30 before i found one who had space in their schedule to take me on. So I don’t think there’s any shortage of patients for them! 
Plus, it’s not always about “getting better”. Sometimes you just need someone to talk to, or there are a lot of mental illnesses or personality disorders that are lifelong and the most helpful thing is learning coping strategies and attending therapy.

Do you think therapists actully want you to get better?

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