Therapists Quote by Kristen McGuiness

“Therapists always struck me as a hire-a-friend service. Therapists are to mental and emotional purging what prostitutes are to physical urges.”

— L.H. Cosway

“No matter how much the therapists over the eighteen months have told me that talking will help, I don’t believe them.”

— Ruth Dugdall

“In a flash, I remember why I don't care for therapists and why I didn't want to do this in the first place. They…

— Kara Lee Corthron

“The thing about this job is people go to psychiatrists and pay them $60, $70 an hour to tell them all their screwed-up fantasies,…

— Stephen King

“ALREADY I HAVE GIVEN MORE PRACTICAL ADVICE THAN MY CURRENT THERAPIST WHO IS ACTUALLY LICENSED. HOW DOES ANYONE HAVE A JOB?”

— Allison Raskin

“A therapist has to have clear boundaries, even with former clients. People already get into our heads—if they also get into our lives, there’s…

— Louise Penny

“Do you have anything to say for yourself?” “Thank you for sending me to a therapist, and I’m sorry that I actually need a…

— Dan Wells

“After a year of therapy, my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone.”

— Larry Brown

“It is really interesting to notice that the people that suffer the most with mental problems are also the ones who resist receiving therapy…

— Robin Sacredfire

“I see my therapist every day, and she makes me focus.”

— Jon Luvelli

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

— Salman Rushdie

“I've always regarded therapy more as a calling than a profession, a way of life for people who care about others.”

— Irvin D. Yalom