I have been having therapy with my current therapist for three years now, and whilst a lot of it has helped me a lot, particularly with having a lot of anxiety in the past and getting through an abusive relationship I am starting to resent having to pay for therapy every week. The last time I asked my therapist to go to fortnightly sessions (I didn’t tell her it was to save money) she convinced me that it wasn’t helping me and that I needed to return to weekly sessions. This made me feel like she was only in it for the money. She has offered me a reduced rate from $50 a week to $25 which I am grateful for, but I am still feeling resentful for having to pay this. Sometimes I feel like I don’t even need therapy and when I have a session I feel like I am putting it off because it’s not really helping me anymore
Recently I suggested moving therapy back to having it every fortnight and my therapist was trying to convince me it wasn’t a good idea because what if I had another anxiety spell and didn’t have therapy in place, how would I cope without having therapy that week.
I spend $100 a month on therapy and have probably given my therapist $4000 over the years. Is it normal that I am starting to feel resentful of having to pay for therapy I don’t even feel like I need to have anymore?
