Sparrow_Flock t1_j7ivjzo wrote on February 7, 2023 at 2:45 AM

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And the trained professionals are, more often than not, not trained how to deal with these issues in real life, at best.

IF the person can even afford to go to the trained professionals in the first place. Therapy is a privilege.

EERMA OP t1_j7jornq wrote on February 7, 2023 at 7:30 AM

This hits on a couple of really important issues. The competence of the therapist and how therapy is funded.

When selecting a therapist to work with, choose one who has lived experience akin to what you're looking for help with: wile theory and qualifications are essential, it's having the lived experience that makes sense of it. On my own little corner of Reddit, I have posted a piece about choosing the right therapist.

Funding is a perennial issue for both potential clients and therapists alike. I'm in the UK and the NHS does not fund what I do: I often speak to clients who come to me out of necessity as the NHS provision simply does not fit their needs. Fees are a problem for too many people - often it is those who can afford the fees the least who would actually benefit the most. I'm currently establishing on-line group sessions which will emulate some aspects of what I do with my 1:1 clients for a fraction of the price of 1:1 sessions. I do however agree with your substantive point of therapy being a privilege: and it will remain so until the policy makers get it into their heads that therapy is a highly cost effective means of improving the population's wellbeing.

Sparrow_Flock t1_j7myzxk wrote on February 7, 2023 at 11:31 PM

You are making one huge assumption here that is false.

That the majority of the policy makers CARE about our well being. This is especially not true in the US.

EERMA OP t1_j7ycp2z wrote on February 10, 2023 at 7:24 AM

Yeah - it's the same here in the UK: policy makers are not interested in the population's health (the current corrupt UK regime are interested only in either feathering their own nests, serving their far right paymasters or both).

We will need major political changes i.e. such that politicians actually serve the electorate, rather than themselves, to establish smart systems and processes for our wellbeing provision. In the meantime, those who can st have to keep on keeping on doing the best the can.

Sparrow_Flock t1_j80h40p wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Honestly at least I’m the US we need to instill term limits on the house and senate, and take care of the wide spread gerrymandering, and it’ll fix itself. Unfortunately the right has managed to drive a wedge between the people using religion to control them, so half the population votes against their own interests and another quarter of them is so poorly educated that they don’t understand how the government actually works.

I’ve been thinking about this problem a lot lately and I am absolutely stumped on how to get past it.