Posted by Dinah on January 29, 2005, at 14:57:26
In reply to Feeling good, posted by fallsfall on January 28, 2005, at 22:02:05
I'm glad you found a way to work it out. I know it can be a source of conflict.
At one point I thought my therapist was on my insurance plan (he turned out not to be, I had the wrong provider list), and my husband was pressuring me to go through insurance. I didn't want to because of the likelihood that in order to get many sessions funded, my therapist would have to be more specific than I might like in talking to them. In fact he was pretty clear that he'd be completely honest with what he thought with them. No lowballing for the sake of privacy.
He was upset because he'd be getting only about 2/3 of what he gets from me, and couldn't charge me the extra. Since I know that most of his work *is* insurance work, that annoyed me considerably. He clearly is willing to work for that price. He just resented having to take it to work with me. And I resented having to pay almost half again of what his insurance clients were paying. Resentment all around.
I'm glad you and your therapist were able to work things out on a more amicable note. It speaks well to both of you.
poster:Dinah
thread:449459
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