Posted by jane d on December 22, 2010, at 3:02:14
In reply to Has anyone else totaled up the cost?, posted by Tabitha on December 21, 2010, at 22:07:27
> I've been going to therapy for 17 years. I just totaled up the out-of-pocket cost. It's somewhere between $150,000 and $200,000, and that's after insurance reimbursement and tax deductions. I'm horrified. I've learned some things for sure, but heck, that's more than an Ivy League education costs.
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> I could retire years earlier or pay off my house with that money.
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> Even if I terminate immediately, I can't erase the fact of how much money I've sunk into it.
>Wow. That is a disturbing calculation.
I don't have quite as many years in and my cost per year must be lower but it's probably time for me to rethink staying in therapy. It's not that I never did the math - I did. But I was starting out then and I thought of it as a short term financial commitment. I didn't anticipate being in therapy for for years and years. As a short term cost it was and is manageable. But those month to month costs do add up appallingly.
I also suspect that the actual benefit has been decreasing over time even though the relationship feels stronger and would probably be harder to sever now.
Thanks for the reminder that it's time to reevaluate.Jane
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