Re: Therapists

Right, we know that is what you think.

It might or might not be correct.  It also might or might not be what
the therapist thinks.

In any case, therapists are neither magicians nor are they witch
doctors.  If a client comes to them asking for a certain kind of help,
the therapists can try to give appropriate help, and there is no
guarantee that it will work.  If it does work for your husband (in
terms of helping get him what _he_ wants), there is also no guarantee
that _you_ will like the results.

In this case, it seems obvious to me that the therapist should refer
the
patient to a psychiatrist or doctor first, and the tell him to come
back
for the "issues".

Erin

Typically what they do has a lot to do with what their client wants.

The question would be, what is your husband trying to get out of
therapy?

My opinion is that therapy is most likely to be successful when
clients go into the therapuetic relationship with some specific things
they are asking for help from their therapist for.  That doesn't mean
that the list of things they want help with may not change and grow.

What it does mean is that therapists can't magically make you perfect.
The best they can do is help you work on what _you_ want to work on.

I don't know what therapists do, but he's certainly changed since
spending thousands of dollars on them --
sicker, more depressed, amnesic, apathetic and very
antisocial.  Good work!

Erin