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[quote=Anonymous]OK, this is OP.  Her name is on this board because she is also a child psychologist.  Well-known.  She would never ever have the time nor inclination to drop her own name on this board.

Now, perhaps I should have explained a bit more.  First we went to one therapist, also highly recommended, but not nearly as fancy.  We were about three months in and things were fine.  I'd say my husband liked her more than I did, and that was because she did seem to be biased towards him, but I was down with that if it helped.  So we're going along, three months in, when the therapist first tells us about her "2 opt out per year policy".  By which she meant, we could only miss two sessions a year without being charged.  For other missed appointments, no matter how much notice was given nor what the reason, we would be charged.  I had heard about this "policy" once before in my life, but never experienced it personally.  I found this policy obnoxious and greedy, especially for parents with two young kids who get sick and who have "teacher development days" and federal holidays and ... vacations of our own that we take like maybe sometimes.  Not to mention our own schedules and possible conflicts.  We figured that to see her with this policy would probably cost us 1K in services not rendered.  I was especially furious that she did not tell us until we had made an investment of 3 months -- I didn't think this was any accident or oversight.  And so we agreed to quit her.  It was actually a bonding experience for us.

Then we went to someone fancy.  And she is tending to view things through the lens of the family structure and the children.  And yet, to just switch seems so ... I don't know.  You have to find someone, and you have to explain yourself again, and who knows if you'll like the new=new one any better?  Surely there will be some things about the next one I don't love.

It's just very difficult.[/quote]

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