For some of us, completing insurance forms and providing carriers with a treatment plan means the complete falsification of who we are and how we really work.
The Mythical Therapist
Many people — clients and therapists alike — idealize psychotherapists, expecting them to transcend normal human needs and limitations; they’re supposed to achieve some level of bounty, emotional and financial, where they can sacrifice their income to the financial needs of their clients.
The Question of Sliding Scale Payment in Psychodynamic Therapy
In the psychotherapy relationship, the therapy itself is about the client’s needs while the fee concerns the therapist’s need to earn a living. When the fee is reduced due to financial hardship, the client still receives what he or she needs but the therapist must make do with less.
What Do We Owe to Those Who Are Dying?
Do we exempt people who are dying from the expectations we usually have for other people, such as consideration, fairness and reciprocity?
Good and Bad Reasons to Take an Antidepressant
Many people take antidepressants, not because they’re depressed, but because doing so helps them to avoid confronting important feelings or problem areas in their lives.