Therapy for Therapists

Being a therapist (or a social worker, counselor, or any other helping professional) and being a human are intertwined, but some stressors are specific to being  a helping professional, and at times, the clinical things we struggle with are the result of personal "stuff". The majority of us didn't become helpers by accident.

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"It's so nice to just be me... not professional me"

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"I have had therapists skip parts of a protocol because they think I don't need it (because I'm a therapist); or treat me like a colleague; or who seem intimidated or say they are; or who otherwise just can't treat me like a client."

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"I had a therapist ask me for peer consultation at the end of a session"

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"I once had a therapist ask me how I was working an billing insurance as an associate because she wanted to take on associates but couldn't figure out how"

"I had 2 therapists tell me they were uncomfortable seeing me as a client because I am also a therapist"

"I've had trouble hearing back from and finding my own therapist when i dislose I am also a therapist"

"One con was my therapist right off the bat started treating me like a colleague, complaining about his EHR and caseload, asking me questions about mine in an unhepful way... Overall, I felt uncomfortable with him and switched after 3 sessions."