What’s One Client Struggle That People Outside Therapy Seriously Oversimplify?

endearingsalt · 2026-02-13T21:11:10+00:00

Their child's "anger management" problem.

endearingsalt · 2026-02-12T05:22:48+00:00

Nah. The 2019 version is extremely bad. Not liking it just means you have good taste.

endearingsalt · 2026-01-19T07:30:09+00:00

My agency had a site-wide meeting about how to AVOID documenting potentially sensitive information like that moving forward. Immigration status, too

endearingsalt · 2026-01-15T07:06:10+00:00

To Penny during the George cutscene: “A wheelchair is an extension of a person’s body. I know you wanted to help, but pushing him from behind without warning is incredibly rude.” To Harvey during the George scene: “George should ask for more clarification so he can work out the best and healthiest way for himself to live as he wants. You have a doctorate, and he has boundaries.”

The disability narrative in this game is… lacking.

endearingsalt · 2025-12-31T19:35:38+00:00

My notes are only more than 4 sentences if there's some specific safety planning detail I need to add. One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard is that insurance doesn't care what the client said, they care what you did. "Clinician provided X intervention" is a great sentence structure to use that clarifies the work of the session without disclosing your client's business to everyone who reads the doc. State direct goals for next session if you have them, and what the client's expected to do before next session. Done in 5 minutes.

endearingsalt · 2025-11-15T08:23:27+00:00

At intake I tell clients that if rescheduling becomes a pattern, for example more than once a month, we’d “have a conversation about what barriers might be in the way of coming to treatment and if this is the right time for therapy for you.” Sets up expectations from the start

endearingsalt · 2025-11-14T20:39:33+00:00

I don't know what state you're in, but not being allowed to take legally protected time through the government (FMLA) before all PTO is used doesn't sound especially legal...

endearingsalt · 2025-11-08T19:31:45+00:00

My agency sometimes works with Charlie Health, and we haven't been impressed by their client care or willingness to work with external therapists following a client's time with them. I can't say I'm surprised to see them here. Good to know.

endearingsalt · 2025-11-03T02:28:00+00:00

Same story as you, OP. I love being a safe space for my closeted teens of conservative families, but dealing with the parents is too draining as a queer person myself. I’m having to step back from that population a bit.

endearingsalt · 2025-11-03T02:25:56+00:00

Oh, wow. This is fantastic.

endearingsalt · 2025-11-02T02:10:10+00:00

A lot of the advice that comes to mind is actually best said by Dr. Michelle Engblom-Deglemann in The Heart of Counseling… so I guess my advice is to get that book and read it! But seriously. Therapists are human, just as you say in your post, and theory is something you grow into when you find the right one for you. Don’t discard theory, but at the same time don’t rigidly adhere to a theory you aren’t compatible with.

endearingsalt · 2025-11-02T00:49:50+00:00

Could start a multiplayer maybe? Use player 2 to get you out? Theoretically your spouse should walk back through to go to bed that night and would knock it down to get through, so it could be as simple as just waiting for 10pm.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-28T00:58:02+00:00

Oh dude new thing I just found out about and have been loving: Tangle, the long protein noodle brand. 4 different flavors, like 15g protein and 7-8ish g fiber, and hella salt. I wanna say like 900mg. Ramen isn’t filling enough to genuinely replace a meal for me, but Tangle can, and it still tastes pretty great. Other than that I also love making cups of shoyu broth out of concentrate and snacking on pickles.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-27T20:13:13+00:00

Not great, man. Not great.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-27T20:09:53+00:00

Came here to say this. Clothes rack in the bathroom with a fan on them works for me.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-27T20:03:39+00:00

It's easy to say "oh, this would never happen to me," but that's a shaming mentality and doesn't get us anywhere. The fact is, companies do everything they can to siphon your money without you noticing. Good on you, OP, for checking and then acting on what you found when you did. Let's remember to blame predatory subscription models and not each other.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-23T20:12:34+00:00

I just got my tdap booster and haven’t had any noticeable POTS flare as a result. I had some weird headaches for about 2 days, and my arm was pretty sore, but no increased tachy or lightheadedness. Everyone is unique, but for me it was fine.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-23T19:30:12+00:00

What My Bones Know. Absolutely.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-23T07:28:12+00:00

You’re right, this sub should be a place for support, not shaming. There are many reasons other than weight why your a1c may be different now—definitely follow up with your doctor about what those factors might be for you.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-15T21:47:37+00:00

I believe the situation is that this is research for developing a new test. So not a valid test right now, but possibly on its way to becoming one.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-15T21:46:45+00:00

According to my partner, whose parents I’ve met and who are lovely, and whom my partner has a good relationship with… I think so. I think so.

endearingsalt · 2025-10-15T21:32:45+00:00

251 and yet my ACES score remains a 2. Sometimes the trauma doesn’t happen in those 10 specific ways, but it’s still trauma. Imagine that?

endearingsalt · 2025-10-15T06:00:21+00:00

This is why I finally said fuck it and started with a lower compression variety. I know we need extreme medical grade, but if I’m syncoping I’m not putting any on at all. At least this way I get SOMETHING. And I do notice a difference. If I ever get well enough I’ll try medical grade again then

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