Re:Ask HN: How to find a mental health professional?
by brookside on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:15PM
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> But most importantly, the way a good therapist works is by reflecting and empathizing with you.
In my very humble opinion this is the way a bad therapist works.
I've gone to therapy to deal with real problems - attention issues, a bout of anxiety - and having somebody mostly repeat back to me what I said was so, so unhelpful.
Even the process of getting up, driving to their office, writing the check, the fact that you have to be on time and have only this one window of time to talk, it all matters because it's a series of tangible steps you're completing for your own self improvement. The computer elides all of this in the name of "convenience"