Disclaimer: this is a rant.  

I am not in therapy, but I hate therapists.  My son is a difficult case, 14yo.,  Autistic, high intelligence, very very low self-worth, and childlike social skills.  He hates life.  He needs help... so far therapists he has been able to see have only done more harm and released more symptoms in him.  

I want him to get real help, find drugs and therapies that work, but we keep getting bailed on.  I switched insurance to something more expensive thinking it would help, but in some ways, it's worse now.  I have called 20- some providers, far and wide, open to telehealth, but they all have excuses on why they won't intake him:  

Too young.  We don't see Autistic teens, only adults.  We aren't taking new patients.  We don't have a licensed therapist for Autism.  We don't have a therapist that takes your insurance.  (This one kills me by the way... my insurance covers all out-of-network providers!)  He was hospitalized too recently. (What?)  Some don't even return the call to say anything at all.

So trying to put the pieces together, all I can fathom is the bullshit therapy profession is tired of losses, and wants to play the odds.  My son probably tics all the "high risk" boxes.  Low probability of success for their tired and outdated "medicine."  So they are taking the low-hanging fruit.  Neurotypical depression cases, mommy and daddy are getting a divorce cases.  I lost my beloved pet fifi cases.

What the literal fuck.  What better proof do you have that their whole industry is a sham.  Here is a kid begging for help, and you won't even look at him.  

Therapists:  I wish a pox on all of your houses.