2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Psychological help is becoming more available and popular
People who have not previously turned to psychologists or psychotherapists decide to do this for the first time
Among their acquaintances, there may also be those who are in private practice. How lucky! I'll ask him what to do, how to be …
And at this moment a person is faced with a problem that is often incomprehensible to him - you have to pay for it.
It is not yet clear what to pay for.
For the conversation, for the result, for the advice …
And there is a desire to try it for free first.
Now, after all, you can try many services or goods, and then decide whether I want this or not. How are the services of a psychologist different?
The thing is that it is in the matter of payment that they differ radically
- The very fact of payment has a healing effect. Without it, there will be no progress and improvement. You can talk a lot about this. Just take it as a rule of thumb.
- The professional ethics of a psychologist does not allow him to work for free. There are clients that are so interesting, for example, for myself, or those for whom I really sympathize that I would be happy to talk to them without money, but my professional responsibility keeps me from making this mistake.
What kind of evil ethics is this ?! Ethical Code of the Psychologist has long since confirmed the effectiveness and correctness of its principles.
You may come across different editions of the Code, but they say the same thing.
- To carry out psychological measures only for monetary reward.
- Avoid informal relationships with clients.
- Avoid situations of work on credit that lead to the accumulation of client debt.
- Accept gifts from clients in return for payment for services.
Dear clients and those who have not yet become one, believe me: we are not only psychologists, we are people too. By working for free, we will harm you first, and ourselves secondarily.
There is even a saying among psychologists "to take care of the client." So, saving you for free means treating yourself at your expense. Take advantage of your trust, time, emotions … exclusively with your own conscious and unconscious selfish goals. Solve your own psychological problems using you as a pill.
And professional ethics requires working exclusively for the benefit of the client
This means that by working with you for free, the psychologist is trying to solve his problems, and not yours at all. And more often these are psychological problems.
For example, an aspiring psychologist or student offers free sessions. It is very tempting to take advantage of this opportunity. But at the very least, you will only heal his fear and insecurity. For such purposes, psychologists have special groups, training activities, and professional mutual assistance. Don't worry, psychologists will grow and mature without your help. Take better care of yourself.
Now many clients have problems with money - loss of work, loss of financial confidence and stability. Of course, I would like to save money on psychological assistance. Let's say you obviously need it, but you don't have the money to do it.
I would answer this way:
Take it for granted that you have no money for yourself.
How can I or someone else help you if you yourself are not ready to help yourself?
This is impossible, since during the sessions the psychologist and the client are equal partners, without the participation of each of which changes are impossible. Again, take care of yourself.
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