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It’s just easy for therapists to cash a check, and actually hard for them to get people to do proper work on themselves. I’ve definitely run into acquaintances where it’s become abundantly clear that whoever they’re seeing is just acting as a shoulder to cry on, and honestly when people first come in to see a therapist that’s generally what they need. The hard shit comes after they stabilize where they often need to do some hard introspection and that’s where these professionals can really fail (and I’m sure some do on purpose), or the person in question just ups and leaves therapy because they aren’t actually willing to do that.

Lotta respect for the good ones but pop psychology has got people thinking therapy is a lot better than it is and it’s given some pretty shitty people the tools to couch their shitty behavior in professional sounding language.

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Also wanted to make it clear I’m not siding with corgis therapist here, who has really gone in the other direction (I don’t think a therapist should talk to someone like that). Honestly just venting bc personal experiences both with therapy personally and in others