POLL: is your time with your therapist mostly beneficial or mostly pointless?

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#1

note, this is referring to a therapist, not to your psychiatrist

  • mostly beneficial
  • mostly pointless
  • i dont see a therapist

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#2

When I had a therapist it was all pointless. I guess therapy doesn’t work for my sz negative symptoms. I need a med change.

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#3

I have an amazing Therapist and have improved so much since seeing her. I have had previous Therapists that were not so good though and definitely a pointless exercise.

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#4

My last therapist was a PhD psychologist and she was a waste of space.
Literally sat there to kill the time by talking about what’s new on cable tv.

My new and current therapist actually helps me.
She is a pleasure to work with, actually caring for her clients.

What a difference

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#5

I find my current therapist basically pointless, I have to see her every couple of months to be able to use the psychiatric services there at mental health. I mean she’s pleasant. I don’t feel bad after talking to her or anything. I just don’t really open up to her.

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#6

Well right now there isn’t much purpose to our weekly psychotherapy sessions, as I’m not having any problems for the time being. But she is helpful when I have problems.

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#7

My company offers therapy through a paid service called Arete. They are actually really good. I have been very pleased with it. All of the sessions are virtual.

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#8

All of my time spent with therapists has felt forced and like a racket. I would give therapy another try, but I haven’t had any luck with it yet. I cope fine enough with my pdoc, meds, and coping mechanisms at home.

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#9

I called and texted a therapist last week, I still didn’t got any answer from him.
I was trying to see if I can fix some issues I have studying and analyse my mistakes in order for the next step in my studies goes trough more smoothly

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#10

I had a psychologist for a while. It was very helpful. She was the second person to diagnosis me sz (first time was in the hospital), we worked on coming to terms with the fact that I was going to live my life with a serious mental illness

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#11

My medical provider doesn’t have sufficient pdocs or therapists on staff to meet the mental health needs of their patients. They can only offer therapy every 6 - 8 weeks which is too infrequent to be effective. I have had to rely on a therapist provided through my workplaces’s EAP rather than through my medical provider.

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#12

My pdoc is also my therapist. She’s a psychiatrist-psychotherapist.

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#13

Mostly beneficial for me. Even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time. My mind usually goes back to a therapy session by memory a few times before something clicks. By the next session, I discuss what the click was.

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