Posted by pegasus on January 16, 2012, at 8:28:34
In reply to Re: What you pay for, posted by Raisinb on January 13, 2012, at 23:52:15
Yeah, I have a similar ambivalence. I agree that she makes little demeaning jabs at her clients, which I never like to see. Especially in such a public place.
And on the other hand, I read some of her other posts about money, and I like the way she talks about setting a fee that is good for her *and* the client. I agree that it can be helpful for the fee to be enough that it hurts a little, but isn't financially out of range. I definitely take therapy more seriously because of all the money I'm spending. It makes me get down to work sometimes when I don't want to. And an early discussion of financial needs on both sides seems like it would make the whole thing feel like more of a cooperative enterprise, and puts the business aspect of it right on the table from the get go.
Unless it scares the client away. I guess we all have our different issues with money, and it seems like it would be hard to account for that using any general strategy.
- peg
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