My therapist is not putting any effort.

Venting

I’ve been with this therapist for 3 sessions. In 2 days it will be my last. I have been going to her because it’s free outpatient therapy from a hospital. I have been dealing with trauma, and a dysfunctional and chaotic family, lack of support, just to be feeling all alone again. She does not provide support. It is almost negligent. She said my basic needs were met, even though I told her I was emotionally neglected.

She has tried to normalize my issues and minimize them. She said “your parents are here for the first time too” even though they have been parents for 18 years. She has also said to “just try” even though I have anhedonia, autism and adhd. I can not “just try”. I literally don’t know how to and my brain is fucked. She also has refused to give any coping strategies because for her to give me a coping strategy I would have to “like it and be interested in it”. She does not guide the conversation and go into depth and actually try fix the problem at hand.

She fucking looked on google in the middle of the therapy session and gave me “ advice” from there. Most of the time she’s looking at her computer instead of me. I don’t feel like I’m being paid attention to or cared for. As soon as I’m done talking, the session ends. Then she’s like “next session next week?” She also has told me to get a new therapist or stop therapy when I said I wasn’t feeling supported. She has literally said she can’t give me any answers for my issues.

She is clueless on purpose i feel like. She is not trying as a therapist, and is giving basic validation and nothing else. Good therapists would try to work together on the issues at hand. She has also forgot about my goals even though she read my therapy record. I feel like she basically said “your cooked and I can’t help you”. I feel like she’s acting like that on purpose. She KNOWS I have nobody to go to, and that I can’t help myself, and that she’s the only source of support, yet she wastes sessions. I feel like she treats me more like a paycheck instead of a person. She does not take my issues urgently. I can’t be independent because Im being given no suggestions or real world advice. How can a person like this exist? It honestly boggles my mind. She makes me feel helpless and hopeless.

Posted Sep 13, 2025, 10:51 PM UTC

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