Good or bad therapists/psychologists?

[Felodese]

What are your experience with therapists or psychologist?
My own experience is pretty mixed, from the guy who talked more about his own issues than mine, to the one I have now, who I genuinly like.

Now my problem is more that liking my psychologist seems to make ctb more difficult.
I might be getting a tiny bit better due to him...

 

[toro]

i had some bad experiences lol, when i was 14 i was being pulled out of school to attend therapy/counselling and as lovely as the girl doing it was, she was pretty young and really didn't care much about what was up with me, she wanted me to plan WHEN I would have my panic attacks so they stopped interfering with my school work, the whole thing was kinda just 'how to make your mental health more convenient for your school' and she would be late a LOT, or sometimes not show up and leave me getting screamed at by my grandad because we were waiting for her so long (and that was my fault for some reason).

when I was a little older at 17, I was attending group therapy with a bunch of 5-10 year olds, I'm not kidding. they put me in group therapy with actual children, where they wanted me to colour inside the lines to vent out my frustrations and talk about what made me scared, it only really made me feel super embarrassed since some of the people helping with the group therapy were only like 2 years older than me. i actually spent my 18th birthday at the final group therapy session (not the final one because of my bday, just a coincidence), and the ladies tried to get me to go home and celebrate with friends, so I had to explain to them that actually I have nowhere to be right now and no friends to hang out with.

they gave me an extra biscuit because it was my birthday though, so silver linings

 

[ForgottenAgain]

I had 2 psychologists in my life so far. One for 16 years since I was 13, he was my rock and he was more my father than my actual father. Our relationship was strictly professional but by having the same psychologist for so long you see the person evolve and grow old and it touches your heart strings.

The second psychologist I've had for just a couple of months, he seems very knowledgeable and keen on helping.

 

[Felodese]

i had some bad experiences lol, when i was 14 i was being pulled out of school to attend therapy/counselling and as lovely as the girl doing it was, she was pretty young and really didn't care much about what was up with me, she wanted me to plan WHEN I would have my panic attacks so they stopped interfering with my school work, the whole thing was kinda just 'how to make your mental health more convenient for your school' and she would be late a LOT, or sometimes not show up and leave me getting screamed at by my grandad because we were waiting for her so long (and that was my fault for some reason).

when I was a little older at 17, I was attending group therapy with a bunch of 5-10 year olds, I'm not kidding. they put me in group therapy with actual children, where they wanted me to colour inside the lines to vent out my frustrations and talk about what made me scared, it only really made me feel super embarrassed since some of the people helping with the group therapy were only like 2 years older than me. i actually spent my 18th birthday at the final group therapy session (not the final one because of my bday, just a coincidence), and the ladies tried to get me to go home and celebrate with friends, so I had to explain to them that actually I have nowhere to be right now and no friends to hang out with.

they gave me an extra biscuit because it was my birthday though, so silver linings

Group therapy with little kids... They should have given you the whole packade of biscuits...

 

[Eternal Eyes]

My first two were very good, then I had an awful one, lied about me in a report to my school, and basically gaslighted me. The one I had after was incredible though, I'd be dead if not for her. I had another years later when I was an adult, but it wasn't the same. I think I'm beyond therapy now tbh, I'm so introverted and I feel like I just can't let people in anymore.

 

[thenamingofcats]

Half neutral, Half bad, and one that was atrocious. She told me she was bipolar, came to sessions while manic, told me about her suicide attempt, took the side of my rapists and sadistic parents, told me how her and her husband used to beat their children, admitted she was a bully, etc. The board didn't care.

At this point I've come to terms with the fact even a decent therapist won't understand what my life has been like and won't be able to do more than listen.

 

[Felodese]

Half neutral, Half bad, and one that was atrocious. She told me she was bipolar, came to sessions while manic, told me about her suicide attempt, took the side of my rapists and sadistic parents, told me how her and her husband used to beat their children, admitted she was a bully, etc. The board didn't care.

At this point I've come to terms with the fact even a decent therapist won't understand what my life has been like and won't be able to do more than listen.

When someone is that bad at their job, and are actually making people feel worse, you'd think maybe someone would care. But I guess not.

Not at sll on the level of the crazy therapist you had, but it reminds me a litte of one psychologist who was supposed to assess me. She'd made her diagnosis before she met me, claimed that no one could be depressed for as long as I have, or for reasons such as having had a crappy childhood, and so on. Oh, and admitting to having suicidal ideation was apparently to threaten suicide when I didn't get my way. She still has her job, as well. I sometimes wonder how many patients she has traumatized in career....

 

[Not Today Satan]

I've always had a difficult time finding a therapist that I actually clicked with. Some of them were downright terrible. Most of them were not for me, but not necessarily terrible either. I've seen 1 therapist I thought I kinda clicked with, but she's retiring soon.

 

[sppplmgwiwlkiwbtft]

all therapists and especially psychologists I've ever been seeing were absolutely disgusting human beings and extremely unprofessional. they literally know nothing about mental illnesses and literally say laughably stupid and incorrect things about them. one psychologists told me my intrusive thoughts that an entity in my mind would push into my brain were my "dirty little secrets" and they represented my "true wishes" and "who I TRULY was inside". psychiatrists were much better for me, at least they didn't make me feel MORE suicidal. I will never see another psychologist or therapist ever again, I've never seen even a remotely competent one.

 

[Life_and_Death]

ive had 2
the first one didnt listen to me at all
and i liked the second 1 but i couldnt risk having cps sent in on my underage brothers so i felt/feel i had to drop out until theyre older...

but, the "we have to report "dangers" rule is useful"
im 99% sure that kills more people than it helps. id love to be an advocate to get that rule demolished

 

[Felodese]

all therapists and especially psychologists I've ever been seeing were absolutely disgusting human beings and extremely unprofessional. they literally know nothing about mental illnesses and literally say laughably stupid and incorrect things about them. one psychologists told me my intrusive thoughts that an entity in my mind would push into my brain were my "dirty little secrets" and they represented my "true wishes" and "who I TRULY was inside". psychiatrists were much better for me, at least they didn't make me feel MORE suicidal. I will never see another psychologist or therapist ever again, I've never seen even a remotely competent one.

Sounds like a weird combo of freudian bullshit and hyperreligious "you have demons in you"

ive had 2
the first one didnt listen to me at all
and i liked the second 1 but i couldnt risk having cps sent in on my underage brothers so i felt/feel i had to drop out until theyre older...

but, the "we have to report "dangers" rule is useful"
im 99% sure that kills more people than it helps. id love to be an advocate to get that rule demolished

I kind of get why that rule exists, or the idea behind it, at least. But yeah, the way it's implemented isn't really helping anyone.