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Thewalrus515 t1_j0icf2b wrote

Reply to comment by MNGrrl in Hi! I’m Dr Lucy Maddox from Bath University (UK). I’m a clinical psychologist researching compassionate care and things that can get in the way. I have a new book out called A Year To Change Your Mind, about how psychology can help with everyday life by UniversityofBath

So it’s not a medical treatment, is a random crapshoot that doesn’t work for most people, and is compensated for through psychotropic drugs? It’s not a real field, it’s quackery. It’s where you go when there’s no other option. If I wanted to pay someone to pretend to care about my problems, I’d hire a prostitute. I’d be cheaper than paying for a therapist.

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MNGrrl t1_j0ij1sl wrote

Okay. Well, you get functional enough to afford the hookers and blow then, and the rest of us will keep working on our negative cognitions because we're not rich enough to afford your brand of mental illness health.

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Thewalrus515 t1_j0imcqh wrote

My therapist cost me 180 dollars per visit for an hour. A prostitute costs around 100 dollars an hour. Which is more cost efficient if they perform the same function? Therapy is an expensive luxury that often doesn’t even work.

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MNGrrl t1_j0isedg wrote

Looking forward to seeing you in group when you lose the self hating incel crap and actually try instead of mistaking an endless search for a crutch that will let you stay toxic for therapy. And i mean that sincerely - about one in five teens i work with now came from a conservative upbringing and have so much internalized ableism and homophobia I have cried after... Because of how much they have grown in just a few months around their peers who are helping them lose that attitude. Go to therapy or don't, but find a support group (or make one). You've been alone too long. I know from experience.

Also, at a societal level - consider that most therapists are paid garbage working for most health care organizations. They could go into private practice (or be a stripper, since you mentioned) and make more but they don't. Do you know why? a lot of them, not all, or even most, but a lot - actually do care. when you find one, and open up, then maybe you'll find therapy is worth every damn penny and then some.

I think therapists should be paid triple what they are today because of how desperately we ALL need competent, effective, and compassionate care. I didn't come here just to be a crank - I came looking for perspectives I haven't heard before. I pity people who only ask questions to confirm their biases, not challenge them.

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