Great, my therapist made a demand of me today.

[Metalhead]

I was telling her that when my friend from Michigan came to visit this October that I planned on buying my friend lunch at the Space Needle. My therapist then told me that she is not supposed to tell me not to do anything, but she was going to tell me not to eat at the Space Needle restaurant anyway since there was much better food for much lower prices within walking distance of that tourist attraction.

So, is my therapist helping me dodge a bullet here?

 

[Au Naturel]

I was telling her that when my friend from Michigan came to visit this October that I planned on buying my friend lunch at the Space Needle. My therapist then told me that she is not supposed to tell me not to do anything, but she was going to tell me not to eat at the Space Needle restaurant anyway since there was much better food for much lower prices within walking distance of that tourist attraction.

So, is my therapist helping me dodge a bullet here?

That's just giving a restaurant review.

 

[tree]

That doesn't sound like a demand.
Saying there's places with better food at a lesser price,
in the area of a tourist attraction.

That sounds like really friendly helpful information.

Assuming it's food you're looking for, and not a sort of
superficial status hit *we ate at the Space Needle (the food
sucked and was a rip off but we can say we did it.)*

 

[Aspychata]

If you want to eat at the Space Needle , l am not sure why she gave input on such. She should concentrate on therapeutic advice not dinning out advice. Do you have healthy boundaries with this friend? Have they grown with you as you have transitioned to the *better you*? This seems more relevant. You have made sacrifices like cutting your spending way back. If you enjoy really eating at the Space Noodle- go for it.

Unless she is now billing you for being your financial advisor, that seems heavy handed. It would be better for her to wish you a great lunch.

 

[Thinx]

It's maybe also that she knows you can sometimes have challenges around money? Maybe it would have been better if she'd framed it that way. Probably on the whole though, focus on your work on yourself in the therapy, rather than the therapist, unless she's unethical or you've outgrown her? In which case let her know, then hire another helper...

 

[Metalhead]

She is a great therapist. She was not being heavy handed about this. She was half joking. But she did say Space Needle food sucked, so I might just listen to her here.

 

[Aspychata]

Hey - only your therapist knows, we are all just autistic bots. Lol

 

[Metalhead]

I have never eaten at the Space Needle before, but I talked with a couple of other people who have, and they agreed with my therapist - it was overpriced trash food they serve there, people just pay the premium cost to eat there for the novelty of it.

I saw a Thai restaurant a few blocks away that got some good reviews. We will eat there instead.

 

[Slim Jim]

So, is my therapist helping me dodge a bullet here?

Probably. Just some friendly advice. I would listen. No conflicts of interest.