u/NotSoHighLander

I've been in this business for quite awhile and it seems like most want to get some kind of psychological profile on you, more than just gentle get to know you kind of questions. I am not really interested in that. I never really see the benefit of it, and if anything it just helps them build a profile that may be faulty, or susceptible to their on biases, if you disagree, that's okay, I am not hear to rant about it.

My problem in a nutshell is that I am dealing with what may be symptoms of trauma, but I'm not interested in being exceptionally vulnerable with a therapist, and I want to do most of my work outside of therapy. I am just looking for a bit of direction and perhaps expertise.

Are there therapies that are less instrusive?

I've found myself interested in art or play therapy because they at least give the illusion that I'll have some kind of buffer against personally exposing myself to the therapist but I don't think those 'modalities' fit my needs directly at the moment, though I could be wrong.

Curious to know what you guys think.

I honestly think I've been going about therapy all wrong this entire time. A lot of them will just let you hang with them for years even if you're not making progress instead of transferring you. I actually began to think that they actually want you to form some kind of relationship with them, which is kind of fucked because you're going to leave and go no contact eventually.

Instead, I'm thinking, I have problem X and I am going in to work on problem X. I will interview them about said problem and if we make it to session and I can't make eventual progress in a certain time then I am out of there. Of course I have problem Y Z and A B C as well, and the problem is that they'll often mine you for information so these other things will arise naturally, but what are we actually doing in this case. It's silly to think this person can help with all that and you don't really have the time. I honestly think you could get away with 30 min sessions depending on your problem but unfortunately they have to bill you for an hour.

I am not endorsing therapy by the way with this new method I'm just venting and curious if this approach could work.