LogFAQs > #980064175

full disclosure, I don't think I need a therapist, but I wanna go to one for the experience of it and to see if it's like in TV shows....which makes me think, "I might actually need a therapist lol"

so, yeah, what is it like? what happens at it? are you allowed to just get one therapy session, or do you have to like sign a subscription for 3 months of therapy or something?
how do you tell if a therapist is legit and can be a good help to you, or is full of baloney? how do you even know what exactly the help you need is, does the therapist tell you what help you need? if so, how do you know they're right?

does there exist therapy that is instead with a philosophy basis? or a spiritual type of therapist? or in the case of philosophy should i just take a philosophy class? but then, couldn't I just sign up for psychology school and then become my own therapist? or what if giving therapy is the therapists form of self therapy? so then I'd end up becoming a therapist. I think I'd make a terrible therapist