5 Signs You Are Seeing a BAD Therapist!

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[summerdais]

6) If they try to push their religion on you.

[TheEgg]

My therapist talked about his fishing trip for 40 minutes and tried to sell me a boat.

[goddamnthedamned]

My therapist talked about her issues and cried in my session. Then told me not to come back.

[Amazing_Mark]

Number 7) When therapists are out of their depth and won't admit it or refer you to someone more suitable.

[lolisierra]

A bad therapiest can harm you more than no therapiest at all!

[rustinstardust]

My last therapist who I'd been seeing for over a year: "Ok, so...last time we talked you said you were concerned that your husband has been working late a lot and you were worried he was actually going to the baths and having sex with men..."

Me: "No...I'm the lesbian who hates her job..."

[NicoleBe]

I told my old therapist: “I’m addicted to my phone”
And she went like: “just don’t watch your phone”
Wow. Amazing advice 10/10

Edit: I've found a better therapist

[dontmindme.imjustafraidofe]

One time I opened up to my old therapist about something I’d never told anyone, something that I was really embarrassed about anyone finding out, and she laughed at me. Like, out loud, taunting, laughed at me. Never saw her again after that.

[AugustAdvice]

I had a therapist that once sided with my alcoholic mom because she was so good at hiding her alcoholism that my therapist thought I was lying. It didn't help that my mom would call him on the side and try to convince him that I was lying too. It did a lot of damage for me and I couldn't trust another therapist for years after that.

[The_Space_Born]

That's why I stopped seeing therapists altogether. Haven't seen one in more than a decade now. All they did was nod their head and pretend to listen to me. I felt like I was just talking to myself most of the time.

[MaireTreasa]

My therapist passed this test with flying colors. She's simply amazing and I've made so much progress since we were paired together. She's truly a blessing in my life.

[jacobnicodemus]

Add “falling asleep” to your list. One time I was so annoyed by a therapist nodding off and my attempts to keep him awake and engaged that I finally just let him fall asleep. I walked out and didn’t make another appointment.

[dribbens]

After seeing around 10 therapists -
Real therapist is a matter of personality and not a matter of study or Bachelor degree.
When you feel good after and in the therapy, you know your seeing the right therapist.
if you have doubts and you feel bad or weird - then CHANGE THE THERAPIST.

[katkat]

omg my first therapist said this was "her style" to just... chat. And she never remembered anything.

[kennedyoliver]

I had the first kind for one session and I left in tears and didn’t come back. She was so invalidating! This is why I’m applying to masters programs in counseling. I trust I can do a good job and actually help people.

[peterthephillip]

My therapist told me I wasn’t trying hard enough to make new friends. I quit therapy. Still don’t know how to make friends. And after all these years I have
less friends.

[lynnryan]

aha. lets talk about bad psychiatrists too.

[miaria]

1 & 5 just happens to me with a therapist. She literally said "That's not a trauma." Umm..it was to me. It may not be as traumatic as things that have happened in others lives. But it totally derailed what was going on in my life and my families. Yeah. Not going back to her.

[Fiona_-ebrw]

I realized that my therapist wasn’t a right fit is when she was sick one week and I was seeing someone else and that helped me more than the whole weeks of therapy before that

[sweetpjeb]

Reading all of these stories makes me feel so thankful that I have a therapist that doesn’t do a single one of these things.