For example: He gave me directions to his office.
He said, go one mile after turning on said street and there it is. I google mapped it and it showed up, Families Inc. Easy as pie, I had to drive around 2 hours to get there so I left early. I drove strait there so I knew were it was.
Being close to an hour early I left and got breakfast, went back at 10 minutes till the appointment time. I went in and asked for the Dr. and they informed me that his office was like 5 miles in the other direction (They knew who i was talking about).
I drove down to said office and they had no clue who I was talking about so i called him, he gave me directions to a place. I don't think anyone could have guessed that's where he would have been. It looked like some apartments to us (my parents and wife). It was almost right next door to the first place I went.
Anyway, by now I was like 5 to 10 minutes late.
His question was: Why where you late?
I explained it just like I have here.
He "didn't get it"
I explained it again using simpler terms....
He asked AGAIN...
I explained it again.
He ended it with a "I told you it was across the street from the John Deere lot" that had a tone as if he was calling me stupid or a bad listener.
Funny because at this point I was thinking the same thing about him.
Regardless, is this how they work? It just seems screwy to me.
Can anyone explain this fake stupidity that he was playing out?Why do psychotherapist do this?
My guess is that this was a young therapist? If so I would say that this is the way we are trained now and unfortunately so. From my experience if the same question is asked repeatedly and in different ways with different tones or voice inflections the real answer surfaces. Does it make sense? In some cases and with some clients yes. But in your case it was just ridiculous. Sorry you had to deal with that and please know that not all mental health professionals are like this one. Good luck to you!Why do psychotherapist do this?
seriously thats strange, does he have any reason to want to keep you away from your daughter? maybe he really didnt understand
maybe he has an agenda
but no not all psychotherapists/psychologists would act like this..seems weird to me.Why do psychotherapist do this?
I have gone to therapy for a total of about 5 years and the psychologist who treated me was nothing but respectful and nice. I have dealt with other psychologists for shorts periods of times and they were also respectful. My best guess is this; since this psychotherapist isn't necessarily in the business of treating and helping people, but rather a middle man for the court, he doesn't feel that being "nice" is in his job description. But to answer your question, no they don't play mind games he's just being a douche.
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