u/vsahiabs4

I recently moved to Dubai. The therapist that I spoke to has 6 years of experience and knows what they are doing. Has trained not just with "white therapists" in the world but know how to decolonise therapy for our culture. It is not some white-washed same size fits all kind of an approach. They do Psychodynamic therapy. They don't have insurance facility yet, but i want to invest in my mental health. Help- open to hearing from people in Dubai!

Adding more context- been in CBT but don't think it's taking me to the depth of the problems. It feels very limited in terms of deeper scope and reflection. which is why i want to switch to psychodynamic therapy after reading about it and speaking to the therapist- and therefore want to ask what would people here pay out of their pocket for sessions in general.

I am a counselling psychologist- psychodynamically inclined, and i need to ask other therapists what they think about this. Is it ok to mandatorily ask a client to show up every week. in india for eg, therapy is not insured, clients pay out of their pocket. not to say that there is no clientele for psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy here where the client meets every week, as a rule.

i find it hard to impose a weekly frame, maybe because i have been in therapy where i reached out to my therapist as per my need- not only it helped me take care of my finances, but some weeks i didn't want to engage in a therapy like reflective space- maybe other things, or just not engaging with this side of me at all. why or why not should a therapist stick to the weekly frame? help me understand this. thanks

* adding some more context here- clients show up weekly in the start, and then post 2-3 months they try to follow a natural rhythm that might work for them, once in two weeks, maybe just not showing up the next week and then coming back every week maybe. it looks different for every client here.