I hear you, I hear you. The fact that there are so many "bad" therapists out there doesn't help much. They a) have no idea what they are doing AND do not realize the impact and damage they could be doing out of ignorance, b) Betray your trust, giving more power to that voice that screams NOOOO don't trust anymore. Twenty years ago when I was actively seeking to recover from my childhood I got patted on the head and told me "this" was as good as it was ever going to get for me. It literal. ly seemed to be a mental health death sentence.
Imagine my surprise when I met my current therapist who not only blows my mind on a regular basis, she really understands the issues and is very very knowledge about the topic (it helps that she mostly counsels kids and her office is filled with toys :D hard to feel intimidated in that environment)
I am pretty adamant about receiving quality care when I am paying someone to treat me because my daughter could have easily died being born because the doctor utterly refused to listen to me when I kept repeatedly telling him that something was wrong. Doctors/counselors/psychiatrists my act the Gods but they are made up of the same materials we are, and they do make mistakes. I sincerely wish you could have my therapist, she has done more for me in the couple few months I've been seeing her again.
