Netflix's Stutz and your therapist

While I think there’s some truth in what @JustaMom’s therapist said, there is also an inherent conflict of interest in the way therapy is done. A good therapist, like a good teacher (or parent, for that matter) understands their job is to get you to the point where you don’t need them anymore.

The woman I spent years with tried to dissuade me from quitting, because she felt I still had important work to do. I knew on some level she was right, but what I couldn’t articulate at the time was that I wasn’t going to get there with her.

The man I saw for 6 months agreed we had reached a sensible stopping point and helped me “wrap up” in a helpful way.

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