Ethics in Therapy! Is your therapist treating you right?

If you went to a therapist would that mean you have like a mental illness or something really bad has happen to you. If you went to a counselor does that mean your problems isn’t a huge as others. Idk imma probably just look it up

Tools? What tools? 1st therapist had frontal lobe glioblastoma. I understand his stepping over across through lines. His partner knew everything. But he finally got me to trust him. Then made me feel like part of his family. 2 1/2 years. Now suddenly he can’t help me. Whuh? He cares about me. But now he doesn’t. I don’t know what happened. Neither does my friend, his wife. 🤷🏻‍♀️😔

My counselor said I should get my tubes tied when it was only the third session. I feel that is not something a therapist should recommend unless the client brings it up. She brought it up again and even after I told her I didn’t want to do it. The counselor also said I shouldn’t try to get custody back of my daughter. She said she should live with someone else and I should visit her on weekends. I was seeing the counselor as part of a case plan to get her back. When I said I felt three sessions was not enough time to come to that determination she said it was based on a “hunch.” She was a counselor at my church. Because of her I stopped going to church soon after.

I quit seeing a therapist after she told me how hurt she was that I lied to her. I had told the truth. I've been misjudged all my life and have had tragic results from it. This has re-traumatized me. Also, I don't think that I should waste my insurance money and my time on something that makes me worse off.

My first therapist got mad at me for deciding to move out of state without discussing it with him first. I wasn't there for help making life decisions.
I had told him that eventually I'd go back to the state where I'd gone to college. And I made that decision when it felt right. It didn't even occur to me to ask his opinion or advice because it wasn't something I had any uncertainty about. He was a dick about it.

I've went through an unhealthy therapeutic relationship with one of my case managers she also had a license to be a counselor and she lost it because of me I see that it's a bad experience a red flag when a case manager or counselor doesn't know what they're roleplay is of being a therapist things can get misinterpreted thank you for sharing this with us

Hi Kati, how can we tell whether a therapist is prolonging or spending too long in the 'exploring' phase, or "not in a rush" to help us so that they can bill us for more hours / get more sessions out of us? Does this sort of thing happen? I'm feeling kind of paranoid about it, I'd appreciate any advice.

is it unethical for my therapist to start treating my ex girlfriend a month after we broke up? it's a bit different because i met my ex in rehab so we've been in therapy together alot. i was uncomfortable with it and stopped seeing him. but i can't help but think what he knows about me affects his treatment with her because i'm trying to get her back. (i broke up with her)

Imagine if a plumber made your toilet overflow and the resulting water damage compromised the structural integrity of your home making it unsafe to live in. Now imagine you can’t sue him because after all “hey y kno sumtime da toilet just overflows fuk u haha” —

That is what therapy is actually like.

My therapist called me a ranga (Aussie derogatory slang to refer to a red haired person)

I had a therapist talk about their personal life; how their marriage is failing, what meds they take. I've had a therapist tell me who to vote for in a presidential election. I've had a therapist make me sit there the entire time, even though I didn't want to talk that day. We literally sat in silence; so bizarre. I've had a therapist literally have zero reaction/words when I started crying and told them my father passed away when I was young; no tissues, no condolences, just a blank face again. And then people wonder why I absolutely hate therapy now. LOL.

I had one great therapist but she retired. But she truly worked with me and I have grown and changed over time.

My ex gfs therapist told her that i was a bad match for her and she should leave me because i was "emotionally unstable".

All he knew about me were the stories she told. Which probably arent very reliable from a woman suffering from BPD who can start publicly screaming and assault me because i didnt read her mind to know that she wanted a coffee..

I guess in the end i've dodged a bullet with both of them..

If you don't start seeing some progress in 3 to 6 months, find another therapist.
If you get negative vibes from the therapist on an intial meeting, pay attention to it and find another therapist.

My therapist is 80 years old… sometimes its like she is just trying to solve the problem and gets frustrated with me when she doesn't understand. She assumes a superior position and just yesterday literally mocked my voice complaining about something she assumed I meant. Told me I was story telling and didn't want to consider or listen to what I was saying. even if She was right and I was being a little victim brat (the tone of her voice mocking me "woah is me its harder for others than myself"), it still wouldn't warrant her response. we've talked about it before and I stopped her dead in her tracks yesterday when it happend. I said, "Why are you so angry/frustrated? right now?"… but i always get this feeling she doesn't fully understand her role in hurting me and being judgemental. she'll get defensive and say I didn't understand, or that it helped me reach new understanding. some gaslighting manipulation to save her ego. I feel very alone so often and very misunderstood. Adult me stood up for myself (yay!), adult me didnt feel guilty doing so (yay!), but also i really dont want to keep doing this dance. I'm proud of my progress in being able to confront someone who projects onto me, but at what point so i say enough and walk away? i get in my head about the lessons the universe has in store for me, and i don't want to avoid the lessons, but at what point is the lesson to simply walk away? hope this makes sense to someone. At the same time, she HAS helped me a lot. but I feel uneasy… when will I trigger her next? when will i be judged again?

I had a therapist who said I couldn't be gay because I was talking about a male friend of mine (Who was gayer than me). She also brought up past obsessions and wouldn't let me talk. However, the last straw was her interrupting me about my body image issues to talk about a bird that fell out of the nest. After we kicked each other to the curb, I got a new therapist and we worked better together.

my first therapist organised a surprise “group family session” WITHOUT telling me… made worse by the fact she invited my brother who raped me & who I hadn’t seen for about a month and was the whole bloody reason I went to therapy to begin with! funnily enough I have panic attacks when I try new therapist now! 😂

This video is 10 years old. I hope that in that time if you’re still acting as a practitioner, you’ve grown from this video, and I believe you deserve the same space to grow and adapt as anybody else would be given.