My therapist is an online and Skype therapist with a company located in another state. She has a masters degree. The night my mom dies, that morning, my therapist tells me she is a medium and saw my mom appear before her and told her to take care of me and keep the cabinet and trash everything else. The cabinet being a corner piece that i would know about. Then i asked her to write it down in detail so i would have a record of it. Which she did yesterday. But this time her description was different. I questioned her and she claims that is what my mom told her. I said i doubt it and said did you just tell me that to ease my grief. I think she is BSing me. She has also said some things to me over a years time that suggest to me she has been coming on to me. Such as she my future plans include her. That if i visit her she'll show me a good time. What do you think? She has helped me a lot, but these things sound strange to me. Thanks
I use a talk therapist where I actually go to the office for counseling. This therapist is close to my age and has had experience with her own elderly parents, thus when she says "I know what you are going through", she really does. The cost is $135 and my insurance pays for the sessions.
Just my opinion, and perhaps not a popular one, but if my therapist started telling me they were seeing my dead parents, but then the message changed when asked to write it down, I'd be extremely suspicious of their future attempts to "help" me.
Oh, and this?? "She has also said some things to me over a years time that suggest to me she has been coming on to me. Such as she my future plans include her. That if i visit her she'll show me a good time"
You've got to be kidding me. I'd not only be reporting her to TalkSpace, I'd be reporting her to the state licensing board where she holds her license.
Should Buyers Beware? Hidden Risks In Talkspace's Text-Only Therapy
also see
Talkspace Reveals Clients' Email, Violating Clinical Confidentiality
Talkspace says it verifies that each applicant for therapist is licensed to practice in the state in which they reside, and has malpractice insurance.
Online therapists are considered independent contractors, not Talkspace employees. They receive no benefits. I've seen estimates that they average $12 -$13 per hour. The Talkspace recruitment website says therapists can earn up to $3,000 per month. (With no benefits and paying the employer's share of social security tax.)
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics psychotherapists typically earn between $30,000-60,000 annually. However, a recent survey by Indeed.com suggests that the national average for psychotherapists is right around $58,000 a year.
(I could not find the average salary of a medium!)
Sounds like these are cut-rate therapists. Hmmm...
I would avoid meeting her in person.
In fact, I would find another therapist.