• Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Your therapist is not your friend, and using therapy only as a place to vent is a waste of their time and your money.

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        1 year ago

        Well, therapists can help a lot more than just venting! And if you vent you’ll probably run into some feelings a therapist can help you untangle. You’re right, better to try it than not.

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        1 year ago

        Both therapists and a psychiatrists offer mental health care, therapists aren’t just people to vent at (even if that is usually part of their job). Psychiatrists are medical doctors that can prescribe medication, however.