For those who have been to a therapist, do you ever feel guilty they have to sit and listen to you? Also, how do you approach the "sliding scale"?

[Anonymous]

This probably sounds dumb but I feel like I'm being a burden, even though I'm paying them. Also, the place I'm going to does not take insurance but has a sliding scale and she seemed to be open to making sure the payment is okay for me to. Her rate is 120/hr.

I make decent money-around 47K, but don't have a lot of cash due to paying for school. What's a good rate to ask for?

[tightblackjeans]

I didn't feel guilty... but I did worry whether she actually liked me as a human, or was just listening because she was paid to do so. But it must actually be a pretty interesting job, listening to peoples' innermost secrets, that they wouldn't even tell their close friends. Hopefully they have techniques to disburden themselves at the end of the day (a few stiff gin and tonics perhaps?); I always assumed that learning such techniques must be a part of their training

[reptocarl]

You don't ask. They look at your income and what you'll pay is based on that. No I've never felt guilty