Does my therapist care about me?
Sarah Rivkah Kohn
One of the questions I get asked over and over again by many clients in therapy is this one: If I don’t pay my therapist, he/she won’t see me, so they essentially care about getting paid, not about me. Right?
Every single relationship, other than that of a parent to a child, is conditional. If a friend gives you time to vent, we reciprocate. If a sibling helps us when we have a baby, we’ll take in her baby or send something when she needs it. And if we invest in a student, the nachas is the payoff. And yes, it’s not even Stephen. There are times when it won’t be balanced.
When are relationships a drain? When there’s no reciprocity.
For most people, that’s how ghosting begins. Or how they drop someone. Or how they feel resentful and kvetch about the interactions.
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