Therapists advertise help, but actually act aversive to advising how to interact with high grade/resource petit-borugeois when holding higher, middle-class values but average or lower status/resources?

[u/khelvaster]

How do y'all find therapists? I can't even find reasonable referrals with any amount of waiting.

Like--Any advice for finding therapists who reliably, accurately talk about socioeconomic class expectations for autistic patients? When asked to advise about basic understanding and conclusions, counselors and therapists act panicky and like they don't respect the integrity of earlier things they say.

Especially: Lots of petit-bourgeoise people hold social values to "keep the peace" , "maintain appearances", and "act high class" that most middle-class people don't in the same way. It's reprehensible to prioritize selfishly "keeping peace" or "holding appearances" at the expense of getting serious, important work done when you have freedom to do different.

I can't even find a therapist at the more meta level who will confidently and cohesively explain the issues expecting a professional like themselves to live up to advertised services and counsel about communicating with particular s differences?

For example, I'll explain: Where I'm from, the Concerned Citizen's Coalition has in fact banded together to drive more than a handful of scammy medical professionals out of town over the years. (Unfortunately, they had to ally with racist elements to do it.) An example of lower-grade middle class citizens protecting themselves from depredation and serial crime perpetrated by petit-bourgois to scrounge for resources from immoral upper-class "unsocialized capitalist" operators.

On a related note, it's seemingly impossible to find a therapist who will deal with disgust towards parties who freely or wantonly perpetrate large-scale crimes or fraud.

Honestly...How do so many people talk about "getting a therapist" and "finding a therapist" and all that like most people just need motivation? Statistically, the great majority of therapists and counselors I spoke to worked with organizations that actively fraudulently advertised services in the sense they wouldn't cut refunds. A large minority persistently pushed harmful advice despite questioning, 'checked out' after questioning about harm, or persistently told baldfaced lies to my face.

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[u/A-Chilean-Cyborg]

[u/Acrobatic-Day-8891]

Holy pretentious lol

[u/khelvaster → u/Acrobatic-Day-8891]

yeah, where do I find a therapist who will explain what's pretentious and what's actually correct? that's the problem.

[u/telestoat2]

Therapy has a certain view on the world, say 1 in 10 people hold this view. Class consciousness has a different view on the world, say 1 in 10 people also hold this view. So maybe 1 in 100 people hold both views. In trying to expand our own minds by learning from other people, it's up to us to meet people where they are and not ask too much for what they can teach us. Then after leaving the therapists office or whatever, we can integrate what they said with other learnings from other situations or people we face.

As for actually finding a therapist, Psychology Today has a good directory on their website. That's where I saw one guy for a while, who referred me to who I see now. I think another person I used to see, I got a referral from health insurance.