Any mustachians out there go to therapy (i.e. for mental health, not physical therapy) or have found effective, low-cost replacements for therapy?
I value therapy, and go weekly to individual therapy, but I am spending a fairly large sum each month out of pocket. My insurance covers it, but I have a fairly high deductible plan, and by the time I reach the deductible, the insurance no longer covers it due to a yearly limit on the number of sessions.
Looking at my expenses, this one would be probably the lowest hanging fruit - providing the greatest financial benefit to cutting it. I could cut it out entirely, saving a few hundred a month, but I feel I would be missing the benefits that it gives me (insight, etc.) I don't have any diagnosed mental issues, but I feel that therapy provides a benefit with clarifying my feelings on relationships, self-image, and helps me with decision making.
Any suggestions for cutting back or replacing this? Group therapy has been suggested. I don't think I am likely to qualify for sliding scale individual therapy. Have you replaced therapy with an individual practice of meditation/introspection?
Thanks!
