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[-] seeigel@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago

Isn't therapy there to be able to heal and not to forget? The last session should mean that the client is not traumatised again.

The expectation of retaliation for not paying is a perfect setup. The decline of the card could be intentional, just for the client to realize in a deeply emotional situation that the dark memory doesn't hurt anymore. The wide eyes, I want to believe that it comes from the bewilderment that the familiar, expected pain is gone.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago

“You mother hung herself in the national theater when she was

four months pregnant with your sister who wold’ve been

thirteen years old todaaaaay~

Does that make you feel any less alone in the world?”

[-] supersonicstork@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 days ago

Funny meme but genuine question: is it not typical to pay for therapy before the session?

I'm charged as I book the session here in Malaysia, but I'm curious as to peoples' experiences geographically and in the private & public sector.

[-] chop@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I don't get it on an even more basic level; patient can't pay and doc suddenly wants additional sessions... why?

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

In Germany it's common consensus that payment is done once the work is finished and billed accordingly. Of course for prolonged projects you agree on several installments.

Just recently I learned that according to law your monthly utility payments (for flats) are still your money until you get a proper bill.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

In the US, I think it's more common to charge after. I worked at an agency whose paperwork stated they would charge before the session, but they never actually did.

Personally, I'm not gonna cancel a session just because the card declines anyway- I can be paid another time; so it's much less awkward to just charge after imo

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

US checking in, of the 5 or 6 therapists I've had and the similar number my ex spouse has had, I think only one charged before a session. There's a couple I'm not sure on because it was covered entirely by insurance and we were never directly billed so can't say the timing

[-] djmikeale@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

In Denmark you pay after the session - I've been one place where it's monthly invoicing, and another where it was payment after each session (by credit card I think)

[-] a14o@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

I think it's usually invoice in Germany (to patient / insurance). Some psychoanalysts demand to paid in cash which I find hilarious.

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We have the same thing in France. They say it's important so that you view the exchange as a transaction and not just you trauma dumping or whatever.

I say they are definitely not declaring all that cash to the State.

[-] elrecoal19_1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My insurance covers therapy so I don't have to pay for that one, but it doesn't cover podiatry and I do pay that beforehand

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

In the NL there is only private health insurance, so it's technically private sector. I pay my 120 EUR premium, and this was included so I never needed to pay at the time of care.