What is Therapy?

Therapy is a treatment intended to relieve or heal something internal that affects your standard of life. There are many ways to achieve this, and everyone needs different things.

It could even be just talking. It could be an opportunity to tell your story.

Therapy is a place to unload things you never would on other people in your immediate vicinity. It's better to talk about things with a therapist because you don't want to turn everyone around you into a therapist to unload everything onto regularly, which can mess up your relationship with people over time and shift the dynamic into one where others have to be your caregiver than family members, friends, or lovers. Even if you try to stay quiet, sooner or later things will come out and someone will have to deal with you.

What does a therapy session even look like?

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What actually happens in therapy?

Planning. Second person to bounce ideas off of. Someone to use as emotional gloryhole. Someone to question and cross examine you. The goal is to break down the struggles so you can deal with them. Having a second perspective can break you out of tunnel visioning if that is what is happening. Chances are, you can deal with shit that you already understand and are aware of. But many of you didn't have healthy trustworthy role models, especially male, to ask for advice.

Therapists aren't necessarily supposed to tell you what to do or give you advice, we're supposed to help you figure out your own solutions, but that doesn't mean we can suggest ideas and low-key tell you what may help.

One thing that I cannot do is prescribe or recommend medications. You need a psychiatrist for that. Sometimes, you may need medication and that is outside my scope to decide. I can say, however, that there is nothing wrong with using medication to help jumpstart your progress, like how you would use a crutch while your broken bone is casted and waiting to heal.

Do you need my real name, ID, insurance?

Nope. I don't even have to know your name. You can go by a handle. I recommend coming up with a handle and sticking to it, especially for continuity.

So what can I tell a therapist? Do you report anywhere?

Report? No absolutely not. 100% confidentiality, that's the point why I started this. I made this service to simulate chaplains in the military, who hear and deal with some wild shit compared to your regular normie civilian therapists who will 5150 you for having understandable normal natural feelings of anger or distress in bad situations.

You may tell your therapist: your general location, age, race, sexual orientation, what you do for work

You do not have to tell the therapist: your legal name, specific address or location, birthday, specifically where you work, or any personally identifiable information

Help, I am a poor NEET. How do I afford it?

I know that most of you are NEETs or poor, or work minimum wagie jobs. I usually charge like $120 outside of this practice but $20/session will do. Or buy a 4-pack (1 month) and it will be $10/session. The charge is mostly for accountability so people don't book and then cancel last minute, they actually show up since they paid for it (most of the time). It also reserves your spot on my schedule.

I hired people to work for me, and they are very underpaid for their experience level and ability, and what they're usually compensated. They do this out of good will, not for money because they could honestly be making way more money elsewhere.

How did you select your counselors?

When seeking other counselors to work with me, I particularly looked for:
  1. Cis males
  2. Older and has more life experience, at least over the age of 35
  3. Has experience working with males
  4. Married or sex havers, so it's not a case of "blind leading the blind" if you're looking for practical romantic advice
  5. Lifts, or has experience working in high intensity dangerous environments (prisons, deployment to warzones, combat experience)
I hired people to work for me, and they are very underpaid for their experience level and ability, and what they're usually compensated. They do this out of good will, not for money because they could honestly be making way more money elsewhere.

How many clients do you or another counselor see?

I try to keep it up to 3 people per counselor so there is more focused attention on each client coming to us. Part of what makes therapy work is the long term therapeutic relationship, not just one or two sessions. We want to discuss our problems with someone that we feel both remembers, genuinely cares for, and understands us. That only comes with time and repeated exposure.
The vast majority of people who need the ear of someone outside their immediate friend/family circle very likely don't have anyone like that in their lives, and the person in need probably doesn't have access or the opportunity to meet people who they can have a healthy friendship with.

I get it, most of the time being a therapist is like being an emotional prostitute who sees a bunch of people and can barely remember anyone's individual names. But even real prostitutes have regulars who get to know more deeply and help and care for.

What platforms do you use?

Virtual calls, phone calls, instant messaging. Zoom, discord.

How often do you recommend therapy?

It depends on the person but I recommend starting with once a week. I usually provide a small homework for you to do, but if you don't do it, that's fine too. We will work with what we have. Then you can increase frequency to twice a week, which isn't necessary for most people, all the way to biweekly or monthly.

What sort of payment do you accept?

Crypto. Bitcoin, litecoin, dogecoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash. Monero.