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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a therapist and I try to get rid of my couples as soon as I can (meaning they don’t need me anymore and are doing well). Couples work is exhausting and while it’s rewarding I’m not trying to see my couples longer than needed. [/quote]

Excellent, and I agree as a patient and customer.

The only exception I’ve run into is that when my Spouse, with an HFA Dx, was having individual therapy with me looped in once a month (and yes to “hash out” some of that months disagreements or arguments or hanging chads), it because clear that he was not practicing any of the things the PhD doctor was recommending. He’d agree to do it, and then not do it.

On one three way zoom session I brought this up and said this isn’t working how shall we proceed. $240 for 50 minutes is a waste of time and money given he is not doing the little things he agreed to do. Ie. It habitualizing the targeted behaviors.

The psychologist agreed nothing was improving, she’d leave it up to us to quit or we could continue and her objective would shift to keeping him calm and less argumentative. He did that a couple times, mainly complain about me, and then he quit anyhow.

She saw right through him. But happily would keep our $1k a month with zero breakthroughs. 
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