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Sep 07

Jon and Kate minus 22,000

By Jay Slupesky
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I never saw an episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8; since I work evenings there are a lot of shows that I don’t get to see. However, I knew something was up when I saw Jon and Kate on the covers of the People magazines in my waiting room week after week. As I understand, it was a reality show about a couple who had twins and sextuplets, but that the couple went into crisis due at least in part to infidelity, and is now separated and possibly divorcing. The skeptic in me wonders if the whole thing was preplanned and orchestrated to boost the show’s ratings (if so, the plan was very successful).

What really caught my eye, though, was that Jon appeared on Good Morning America recently and discussed counseling. He said that Kate refused to go to marriage counseling with him.  That’s interesting enough, because usually it’s the husband who refuses to go to counseling with his wife.  However, here’s what really, really got my attention: on the show, Jon said, “I have a $22,000 therapy bill. I mean, I tried to have marriage counseling. I did it myself. She refused to go.”

Yes, he did say a $22,000 therapy bill.

Let’s do the math.  Assuming therapy costs around $100 per session, that’s 220 therapy sessions - or four years if he went once a week.  That’s unlikely!  If he went to a really, really expensive therapist, he might have paid $200 per hour, but that’s still 110 sessions, or two years at one session per week. Also unlikely.

So count me as skeptical about the $22,000 therapy bill.

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This entry was posted on Monday, September 7th, 2009 at 7:54 pm and is filed under About Marriage Therapy.

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