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Therapists are blaming polyamory for patients' problems. These researchers want to change that.
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this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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Which therapists? Both therapist and my partner's are very open to it.
I’m afraid that personal experience has taught me that you can’t trust most therapists because they will judge you.
Reasons I developed a "therapy is an expensive waste of my time" mindset after living in FL for a decade. I'm not paying $200 a visit for some pompous shitbag to tell me I'm sad because I don't simp for Jesus
Idk... a good therapist can do a lot of good. But I can't in good faith blame you for having that perspective.
There are some really shitty ones out there, and then there are the ones that seem to try, but just aren't very good. I've experienced both myself.
Generalisation or fear on my part perhaps, but I imagine a large percentage are those who are coming from a religious background. I've often wished I could filter them out when searching for therapists.
When I was looking for a therapist, that was a huge struggle for me too. Even some of the providers under the LGBTQ+ filters were proudly religious, a few proudly displaying their degrees from religious institutions.
Not all therapists are sadly.
I ran a training for therapists on alternate relationship structures, most had never heard of polyamory, most felt it meant something had gone wrong for people to be in that situation.
Personally, I think all the things which can make polyamorus relationships difficult also exist in monogamous relationships.
That's a bummer, I guess we're lucky in that regard. I completely agree that the same difficulties exist in both.