This is spot on. God bless you, Katie. People who would never pick up a Bible feel free to wield the DSM like it come from the mouth of God. The elitism is there, too. I worked in a variety of settings as a counselor and it was the same everywhere.
God bless you, Margaret. You are not alone. I sat in a conversation with two psychologists yesterday who were casually diagnosing public figures with major mental illnesses, oblivious to their own transference issues or the unethical nature of their behavior. Being a mental health counselor myself – who also was harmed by the industry years ago – I listened and just shook my head. This kind of thing is endemic among mental health professionals; diagnoses becomes a way to gossip without looking like you’re doing so. I wish you the very best.
This is important stuff. With catharsis, therapists think they’ve accomplished something, clients become addicted to it, emotional habits become engrained, and both sides get frustrated that nothing is essentially changed.
This is spot on. God bless you, Katie. People who would never pick up a Bible feel free to wield the DSM like it come from the mouth of God. The elitism is there, too. I worked in a variety of settings as a counselor and it was the same everywhere.
God bless you, Margaret. You are not alone. I sat in a conversation with two psychologists yesterday who were casually diagnosing public figures with major mental illnesses, oblivious to their own transference issues or the unethical nature of their behavior. Being a mental health counselor myself – who also was harmed by the industry years ago – I listened and just shook my head. This kind of thing is endemic among mental health professionals; diagnoses becomes a way to gossip without looking like you’re doing so. I wish you the very best.
This is important stuff. With catharsis, therapists think they’ve accomplished something, clients become addicted to it, emotional habits become engrained, and both sides get frustrated that nothing is essentially changed.