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Telling Your Therapist You Believe In Psychics

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HornetKick:

--- Quote from: Bean82 on April 09, 2020, 11:12:52 PM ---I can’t remember how the conversation came up with mine (I shy away from it too), but come to find out she believes in psychics as well and it’s interesting hearing her stories. It actually helped me stop getting readings. I think it just helped to have someone in real life to talk to. She doesn’t know about my binge, however.

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What were your therapist's thoughts about psychics and what did she say exactly to lessen your interest?

Fairydust123:
Hi! Therapist here!
I think its really great to speak with your therapist, counselorz social worker about it! As an LMFT, we believe in the biopsychosocialspiritual concept. So talk about how your spirituality is either adaptive or maladaptive behavior may really help you. We are here to listen and help. While we are here to guide, you have your own autonomy!! Maybe you can express your binging through what ever model of therapy you and your therapist use!! Also, we arent here to judge you for talk to psychics ♡♡♡♡

Wanderlust619:

--- Quote from: Fairydust123 on April 10, 2020, 06:34:15 AM ---Hi! Therapist here!
I think its really great to speak with your therapist, counselorz social worker about it! As an LMFT, we believe in the biopsychosocialspiritual concept. So talk about how your spirituality is either adaptive or maladaptive behavior may really help you. We are here to listen and help. While we are here to guide, you have your own autonomy!! Maybe you can express your binging through what ever model of therapy you and your therapist use!! Also, we arent here to judge you for talk to psychics ♡♡♡♡

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Mine was a bit judgmental lol but it has helped me get some perspective and be more accountable.

Fairydust123:
It is good to be accountable but also remember, if you feel judgment made by your therapist can hurt your progress or treatment plan, it is your choice to talk about it with them or find a different therapist ♡♡ they could be using countertransference on you from their own issues lol! :)

russianred:
Good question.  I think it partly depends on how you present the issue to your therapist.

I was doubly embarrassed -- one for having spent so much money on binges and two for spending it on psychics, which I know conjures up images of Miss Cleo for most people.  I made it sound as if I spent a lot of money on something I knew was "dumb."

I could feel in my therapist's response that she believes psychics are fake and like she thinks I'm "better" than that -- and I felt a twinge of judgment from that.  The truth is that I'm more on the fence about psychic ability than I made it sound to her.  If I had presented it as something I wholeheartedly believed in, then I think she would have respected that.

More importantly, we looked at reasons why I binge and worked on tolerating and accepting uncertainty rather than trying to find it with psychics when it cannot be found.  Having confidence that no matter what happens with a situation, I am still enough and I will be OK.

I do think it's important to disclose psychic addiction or dependency to your therapist if it is interfering with your life.

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