Unlike my ex-therapist, The Poser, the real therapists I’ve had have been clear that clients should not be treated the way The Poser and his Fake Supervisor treated me.
I appreciate The Real Therapists for reiterating over and over that it’s not my fault.
Because the only thing worse than 2 incompetent counselors fucking over a client, is them not taking responsibility for it and then blaming the client.
Clients, you won’t always get the best counselors from the firms with the sparkliest posts on social media, or the best website design. Those things are sometimes a good sign, but I’d much rather have a counselor who cared more for the actual clients than about accolades and likes. Sometimes you get both, but sometimes shiny is just shinier and not better.
My ex-therapist and his poor quality supervisor are shiny, but when it came down to it, they didn’t even meet the basic requirements of their profession.
Yet they are popular.
That’s how this world works sometimes, unfortunately.
But there are counselors out there who are the real thing and don’t do the shit that those 2 incompetents are fine with doing. There are therapists who know clients like me deserve better than that.
So instead of saying fuck off to the counselors and supervisors who are low quality imitations of the real ones,
I want to use this post to thank The Real Therapists. I thank the ones I’ve had who weren’t careless with me or dismissive. I thank the ones who respect clients and look out for us, even when we’re challenging some days.
Thank you.