When people are exhausted but don’t want to go to sleep, it may be because they want to do something. I would need more information about you to properly answer your question. There will be days when you’re tired of admitting that you’re struggling, tired of being a ‘person in therapy’, and you’ll want to just sack it off and do something fun, ‘normal’. Don’t get me wrong. I think my encounter with your work has changed my life already–in only a day or two of knowing about you I have read almost all of your work, watched your youtube videos and thought deeply about your thoughts and experiences. Why don’t you think about whether you want to continue and call me back if you want to schedule an appointment?” Coming on too strong. In therapy, you have your work to do, and the therapist has her work to do. If you are in private practice, you wear a lot of hats. Maybe even leave the medical field for good? Next session say this: "I feel like an idiot because I dont have anything to talk about. So I have decided to go back to school in the fall. I realize I don't like this profession at all. The disrespect, managers of the department not giving a damn about employees, the low pay, working nights, and I don't want to work week days and holidays anymore. I googled, “I don’t want to be a therapist anymore” and your article appeared. Whether court-ordered or self-motivated to seek clinical services, if you’re a therapist who is bored by one particular client, it is likely you’ve got your own counter-transference to look at. You’ll want to avoid your therapist for all kinds of reasons that you don’t entirely understand. I just want a job where I work 8-9 hours a day, no working weekends or holidays, and I just want to be responsible for myself. I just don't think respiratory therapy is for me. Finding a therapist you feel comfortable with is not always the easiest thing in the world, but neither is figuring out if it might be time to move on from your current practitioner. I love it. Episode 150 What if I Don't Want to Be a Therapist Anymore?!? See what happens. There’s nothing I’d rather do than be a therapist. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, my favorite perks are the loungey clothes and the comfy chairs. I don't know what to say and I feel like I'm wasting your time." Your work is to talk. But some — like filing taxes and running payroll, for example — not so great. I've been a respiratory therapist for about 4 years now and I think I am ready to leave the field. I've worked at three different hospitals thinking maybe it's just the hospital I work at but I don't think so. Clients don’t present as ways for a therapist to be entertained and pass the time. And some of those hats are totally great. It suits me perfectly. I hate disappointing my therapist, and I don't think it's "morally" wrong for your therapist to be disappointed in you, either. I've really tried to stick out. That’s where Gusto comes in. Our Sponsors. But every so often, while I’m sunk into my chair and swaddled by my chunky cardigan, I think to myself, “I really don’t want to do this right now.”