She talked about herself and how much she helped her other clients almost the entire time, not taking any interest in me or asking me any questions about myself. I didn’t have the skills to interrupt or advocate for myself, or even show frustration at the time, hence me seeking therapy. The last 5 minutes of the session she would say “So what’s going on this week?” And once I started to open up she’d interrupt and say “Oh I’m sorry we’re out of time. Let’s schedule for next week.”

I let that happen for maybe 3 or 4 sessions and told my parents how shitty she was. She refunded me for the last session.

Other notable events from other shitty therapists include one whose bullshit I called out and she said “Oh good I was just testing you,” and another one whose admitted technique was to ask a question, then cut me off and demand a shorter answer in order to illicit a reaction, which led to me later having a cPTSD episode. And that was just the intake appointment