Head-shrinkers, not shrunked heads

[inmyriadbits]

As I mentioned, I've been watching In Treatment. It has me thinking about therapy, so have a poll! I hope these questions aren't too personal.

[Poll #1158292]

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[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

You know, my friend Marta does this thing, I forget what it's called, but I think basically you get some training, pair up with another person in the program, and proceed to be each others' sympathetic-but-uninvolved ears. It's not like professional psychiatry, but a lot of the benefit of therapy, IMO, is just having someone neutral/not associated with your life and your problems listen to you spill your guts. (A little like online friendships can be sometimes, I think; people who care and actively listen but aren't in the middle of the mess themselves.) It's free, too, which works well when you don't have insurance or a job. She really raves about it, and Marta's not a raver, in general. :) Do you want me to ask about it for you?

Uh, yeah, no sharing therapists with the mother. Yeesh. And I feel a strong desire to reach back through the space-time continuum to smack your second therapist upside the head for you, ARGH.

[soundslikej.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that actually sounds very cool. I mean, potentially I should be getting a real person job with insurance in the next month or so, but...I'm still going to be too poor for copays, I think, so yeah, I'd love to hear more about that!

*giggles* Yeah, that was...it actually worked out well at the time because it meant I didn't have to explain anything that was going on, but...yeah, it wouldn't have worked long term, even if I had been able to afford it. And the second one was actually more the fault of my school's counseling center, because, you know. Everyone who appears even VAGUELY gay must immediately be sent to The Gay Therapist. *rolls eyes*