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honest question (from a woman..) do you get, um, sore? i think i would.

My husband and i went to six weeks of sessions with a marriage councilor at a staggering $200 a session. Two questions: the sessions were completely unproductive, and actually caused more damage (I could go into detail) to our relationship than good. As soon as we stopped seeing her, we were able to mend our relationship issues ourselves - and no, not via implementing any wisdom gleaned from the therapist. Now that half a year has passed, I've thought about writing the therapist and telling her my feelings regarding our experience. Should I? Not in anger, but maybe as one person's evaluation, I suppose.

Second, unlike everything else in the known universe (restaurants, mechanics, maids, dog trainers, you-name-it on Yelp, etc.) there is virtually no way of rating or comparing experiences with other clients. I absolutely understand that in therapy "everyone's experience is different" and "someone might be a good fit for someone else, but not you." however, in my experience, I blindly had to choose someone based on their PsychologyToday profile and commit over a grand and many hours of my and my husband's time to someone whose services, personal outlook, methodology, or satisfaction from previous clients I knew virtually nothing about. She didn't offer a phone call or free evaluation - we gave her a check before the first time meeting. As someone who loves to be an informed consumer (and reads every Amazon review before I buy a thing) do you think this is fair? Thanks for the AMA.

Would you have believed we'd put a man on the moon in your lifetime when you were a child? What kind of space travel do you think today's babies will see in their lifetime?

um, "you'd be dead in a ditch if not for us" is an insanely shitty and self aggrandizing thing to say to a child.

Aww. I love Pop now.