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9:55pm March 4, 2013

 Trying to find the right words: Therapy is potentially useful

teawithdostoyevsky:

gayandvain:

teawithdostoyevsky:

josiahd:

But extremely dangerous for autistic people or others who can end up categorized as not-real.

Do any of y’all have insight on how to identify safe and useful therapists?

Unfortunately, it’s very much hit or…

Speaking of questions.

My brother once saw a therapist for the first time. And the guy asked him questions but literally wouldn’t respond to questions without deflecting them back as questions.

And my bother asked because of the nature of some of the questions, “You wouldn’t by any chance be a Freudian, would you?”

And all the guy said was, “And how would that make you feel?”

At which point my brother pretty much threw his arms up.

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  1. theveganarchist reblogged this from voltron-da-eclair
  2. clatterbane reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:
    That does sound scary to deal with. :/ With the dehumanizing emphasis of some of the behavioral approaches, in...
  3. fullelven-magicaddict reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I quite literally had one therapist growing up who told my uncle and aunt to keep me sedated. Like, literally, when I...
  4. inuyashainterpretations reblogged this from thisisableism
  5. raposadanoite reblogged this from clatterbane and added:
    I think the important is that the therapist knows how to listen and not be arrogant thinking they know more than you. If...
  6. thisisableism reblogged this from yesthattoo
  7. deducecanoe reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:
    Sadly, I have no $$ an no insurance, so when you go to the community health center and get on the sliding scale, you end...
  8. madammistress reblogged this from yesthattoo
  9. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Speaking of questions. My brother once saw a therapist for the first time. And the guy asked him questions but literally...
  10. voltron-da-eclair reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    If possible, bring a trusted friend to meet them. Sometimes you’ll be looking for certain things, but someone who knows...
  11. madeofpatterns posted this