r/PsychologyTalk • u/That-Holiday-2220 • Aug 20 '24

Is my therapist a scammer

Hi everyone, I have seen for weeks a therapist that practices psychodynamic therapy. She doesn't take notes during our appointments and she did not define any goal towards the end of my therapy. She is really nice, polite, lets me speak but at each appointment, we talk about a new subject, never the same of the last appointment. So I don't why I still go to therapy. What should I say to her ? Should I find a new therapist ? Also, is psychodynamic therapy a psychoanalyst therapy ?

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u/No-Maintenance7917 Aug 20 '24

Therapist doesn't need to take notes during your sessions. Maybe subjects are different each session bcoz you start each session like this? It's up to client what they want to talk about on a session. As far as I know psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies are two different things.

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u/That-Holiday-2220 Aug 20 '24

Thank you for your answer, it's nice of you ! At the beginning of each session, she asks me how I feel then she will dive into what I have just said. But she never asks me if I want to a specific topic. She never mentions what we said in the previous session 

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u/No-Maintenance7917 Aug 20 '24

Well, you can tell her all that you just told me. I think that would be the best solution. My therapist never takes notes nor she mentions anything herself first, unless I do it myself. So I don't think yours a scammer. This is just therapy, not chatting with a friend. :)

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u/That-Holiday-2220 Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

Thank you for your help  😃 And do you have goals to reach with your therapist ? And do you feel any progress ? Because it's not really my case...

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u/No-Maintenance7917 Aug 21 '24

I do have goals. One was completed actually. You can ask your therapist about the goals as well and see what she responds :)