I don't think it's even about money. I think it's about that their personal biases and discomforts override everything else. A therapist finds goth fashion really strange and doesn't understand why someone would like it. So then "why do you wear all these weird clothes" becomes the subject of treatment, not because it's an actual problem, but because the therapist finds it weird.
That's the problem I've had with therapy - it's been more about creating someone that's "acceptable" to the therapist than it is about making me feel better. I don't want to be the good little girl who shuts up and acts normal and doesn't make waves. But in my experience that's what therapy is really about; not making you feel better, but making it so you fit whatever stencil the therapist has.
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