u/maafna

Hi, I recently finished a master's degree in a therapy training program, in a country that does not have this license. I thought to tutor online and saw that Preply has a Mental Wellbeing section, so I chose that.

I set my price at $30 at first, but then dropped to $20 to get more interest. Then I got 4 trial lessons, with 3 immediately deciding to continue/subscribe, with varying consistency. A few more added me to favorites (Preply always tells me to message them, but tbh I don't know if that actually helps or can backfire by being annoying to some).

Anyway, I realized that with trial lessons not being paid, the big commissions, and the fact that I'm actually delivering something closer to therapy than psychology lessons, I raised to $45. But since then, no trials booked.

So been toying with the idea of lowering the price again slightly and increasing more gradually rather than a big jump like I did.

That said, I'm only on Preply for 74 days in total, so not sure if I should just give it more time. The insights feature says I meet all the Super Tutor requirements other than the number of lessons, which is the only one I feel isn't in my control at all.

Would love to hear any thoughts.

Hi I'm an art therapist who writes a newsletter focused on mental health and specifically premenstrual disorders and the intersections with complex trauma and ADHD. I wrote about why using the arts can help cope with symptoms (with references from peer-reviewed research) and some ideas someone can try at home. let me know if you find it helpful!

“As soon as my period started, it’s fine. I’m like, who even was that person last week?”

I wrote an article about this - my experience and of course, what the research says :)

I am a lot better than I was for sure. But I think most of it isn't tied to therapy.

I have been in therapy since I was 14 with many therapists and modalities. Looking back it seems like they were happy for me to keep coming in even I didn't help much.

At 36 fought a therapist who I felthni clicked with right away. He was also there for me when I really needed it. I got really attached to him, so of course we started having ruptures and it eventually ended with him saying he's not helping me enough because he gets activated.

I am now seeing a therapist he recommended but over a month in I still feel like I have no idea what we are doing. I have told her of course and she did say she feels like she is being safer than usual. But so far nothing. I just feel like I come in and talk and then she says some random things and I pay her. I don't even have a job. I am also doing a DBT skills group.

I recommend people go to therapy but I question why tbh. I spent so much time and money on it and find it hard to say what I got out of it. I cafb definitely say what benefit I get from ACA, exercise, and art, and those things aren't as expensive or painful. I have of course tried EMDR, IFS, all of it. I trained as a therapist myself. I hhink in the future I will only do art therapy... Except I have no idea what to do ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​with my current therapist, and still want to see the previous one because it feels incomplete. I am angry that he recommended her to me and that things were left unfinished. It feels like sunk cost where I keep wanting to give it a chance but feel like I am spendyung more and more money on things that maybe aren't helping or at least not enough to justify the cost. ​​​