ever seen a therapist?

Has anyone here ever seen a therapist? Had therapy?

If so, was it worth it? What did you get out of it? What happened?

For how long did you have it, and how frequently?

It has been suggested to me that seeing one would do me a world of good

No. I am my own “therapist”. I can do more for myself than any therapist can do for me.

After a shattering, life changing incident i was in a pretty bad way. My therapist helped bring me back from thoughts of suicide and she gave me back my confidence and the ability to trust people again. Plus quite a lot more one doesn't usually think about or tell other people about.

I saw her for an hour per eeek at first cutting back in stages to half hour and once per month before she was no longer needed after just over a year.

As far as i know there is no typical time frame, it depends entirely on the individual..

If a professional thinks it would be beneficial then suck it and see. If it helps then that's a winner

Yes.
It's very useful.

Absolutely! I’ve been in therapy on and off for almost three years now. It’s been very helpful.

Yes. Twice a week for about a year and a half. It was sanity-saving. I was loosing touch with reality in the midst of a serious addiction recovery. I would recommend it to anyone.

Nope. But I think it totally makes sense for many, and would consider it myself in certain circumstances.

Eddi said:

Has anyone here ever seen a therapist? Had therapy?

If so, was it worth it? What did you get out of it? What happened?

For how long did you have it, and how frequently?

It has been suggested to me that seeing one would do me a world of good

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My wife grew up in a home with an alcoholic abusive father. She also saw murder, a pimp kicking a pregnant trafficked woman and a few other things like women being dragged on the floor by the hair.

The Holy Spirit working though His word became the therapist for both her and me. (We couldn't afford a therapist)

That being said, for us, a Spirit filled Christian therapist are of immense help and regular therapists can also be of help but, IMO, only to the extent that they work their therapy within principles in scripture such as forgiveness.

Eddi said:

Has anyone here ever seen a therapist? Had therapy?

If so, was it worth it? What did you get out of it? What happened?

For how long did you have it, and how frequently?

It has been suggested to me that seeing one would do me a world of good

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yes, because i needed a third party opinion. more than once.


what do you think i'm doing here? i get a ton of free opinions.


all these questions, with their answers, trigger more insight, more questions.

Yep. I was briefly institutionalized as a teenager and I have been in therapy since. It was for major depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, gender dysphoria and suicidal ideation. The suicidal stuff went away before adulthood, BTW. I credit therapy, my mom and religious persuasion for why I am still here and now flourishing. But therapy was/is highly useful and recommendable.

ChristineM said:

If a professional thinks it would be beneficial then suck it and see. If it helps then that's a winner

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I have not seen a therapist but often thought it would be more beneficial than being prescribed drugs.
Insurance is more likely to pay for medication than a therapist.

pearl said:

I have not seen a therapist but often thought it would be more beneficial than being prescribed drugs.
Insurance is more likely to pay for medication than a therapist.

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@Eddi is in the UK, the NHS means no insurance required. Though he could go privately and jump over the waiting list.

ChristineM said:

@Eddi is in the UK, the NHS means no insurance required. Though he could go privately and jump over the waiting list.

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NHS provision is poor and overloaded with long waiting lists

I'm going private!

Eddi said:

NHS provision is poor and overloaded with long waiting lists

I'm going private!

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What is the cost now?

Eddi said:

Has anyone here ever seen a therapist? Had therapy?

If so, was it worth it? What did you get out of it? What happened?

For how long did you have it, and how frequently?

It has been suggested to me that seeing one would do me a world of good

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Yes, when I was young.
When I was playing with my younger sister, she got hurt. It was an accident but my parents thought there was something wrong with me.
They ended up deciding I was normal for a kid but my step-father had issues. He didn't like that so he stopped me from going any more.

I was put into a group home for about 6 months during the evaluation. What did I get out of it? Mostly social interaction with the other kids in the home.
Nothing was bad. I remembered they monitored my brainwaves but didn't find anything abnormal.

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What is the cost now?

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I haven't really looked into it, but at the lower end about £40 an hour, as far as I'm aware

I've seen many therapists.
They were my tenants when
I had medical buildings.
My therapists paid me!

Eddi said:

Has anyone here ever seen a therapist? Had therapy?

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Yep, multiple times.

If so, was it worth it? What did you get out of it? What happened?

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Therapists are a hit and a miss. I've been to the loony bin three times for about 6 weeks. That always helped a lot.

For how long did you have it, and how frequently?

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Therapy sessions were capped at 10 one hour meetings weekly.

It has been suggested to me that seeing one would do me a world of good

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If you are going private, remember that the therapist is working for you. If you can't build a trusting relationship to them, try the next one.

I'll start by saying that I was never clinically depressed, or suffered from serious mental problems. I was just generally unhappy for many years.

Therapists are a mixed bunch in my experience. They range from very good to useless, though I've never experienced one that was actually harmful. If you don't feel comfortable with your therapist or don't find s/he is helping, try another.

I've been to marriage guidance therapy that didn't do much good. Difficult to fix the totally broken.

I've been to personal talk therapy, that was generally enjoyable as I got to discuss stuff that I couldn't talk about with other people, but in retrospect didn't help much. I've heard it described as "buying a friend", which has some truth in it.

The one that turned out to be the best was a hypnotherapist. She really got down to the subconscious roots of my unhappiness, and actually enabled me to fix it. After a while we were exploring all kinds of spiritual stuff and sometimes it seemed like it was me that was in charge of what we were doing. Eventually she terminated my sessions because she realized I was just enjoying it and told me I was fixed and didn't need her any more. Much to my regret. She was hot and there was a lot of chemistry going on, though she never stepped over any boundaries. Also to my regret.

It's important that I say something about hypnotherapy. Many people think of stage hypnosis, where people are made to do all kinds of stupid things for the entertainment of an audience, and are totally controlled by the hypnotist. What I experienced as a hypnotic state didn't seem much different from consciousness, except that it was. At first I wondered why I didn't "go under" as I expected. Difficult to describe. Anyway, it's nothing to be scared of.

I see a therapist on Fridays.

On and off since late teen years. This will likely remain.

I might function well, but I have a fairly challenging life, and bouncing ideas off a neutral party is helpful.