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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry

I was thinking that the college wasn’t aware of her mental illness and should be but it appears that they know and don’t care. Wow how things have changed for the worse since I went to college.

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Yes.

But I do have a question—wasnt there the idea at one time that in order to provide psychological analysis, one shoud first go through it themselves? It seems like that was considered necessary for training. Maybe I am wrong about this, or maybe that was for a specific school of training.

I thought about this recently because a young relative is getting her Ph.d in psychology with the goal to do therapy, and she has just started out in that coursework. She is a textbook golden child with beauty, brains, popularity, and parents who dote on her. So I wondered what would she have to uncover in analysis. Then I learned that her parents were getting a divorce and I though “ok, well, there is that for her therapy agenda, at least there one thing to have angst about.”

That was for psychiatrists only. I went and read some of the journal. Just a dumb choice all the way around with the money they have saved and the skills between the 2 of them they could both work p.t. and be fine. Or f.t. 5 more years and call it quits. You really have to wonder about the mental health of her therapist who thinks that this is a good idea.

Is this something on the MMM forum that is about part-time work as a therapist? That sounds interesting. What choice were they making with money, at what age?
(I like to read about retirement to get ideas.)

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry

That was for psychiatrists only. I went and read some of the journal. Just a dumb choice all the way around with the money they have saved and the skills between the 2 of them they could both work p.t. and be fine. Or f.t. 5 more years and call it quits. You really have to wonder about the mental health of her therapist who thinks that this is a good idea.

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Oh, ok, for psychiatrists the analysis is reccomended. Got it.

This woman has a PHD and I think worked in business. She went to therapy and discovered she has multiple personalities. Now is starting a PhD program in psychology to become a therapist. Someone with that type of severe MI should not be a therapist. Bad idea because she is 47, husband lost his job, they have 2 million in the bank. She is spending a lot of time and money on what will be a short career. It sounds like they are high spenders and have 3 teens. Places I have lived liked to hire p.t. therapists and not paid any benefits. What I can’t believe is that her therapist thinks this is a good career choice. I didn’t read the whole journal but just parts of it.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

ethics of go fund me for non life threatening: jeppy, care to weigh in?

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Many years ago, before there was much of a civilian internet, and certainly no Go Fund Me, people were constantly asking for donations for charities at work. I got tired of it, so one day I put out a cup with a sign, "Donations for the Homeless". The first day a guy asked me to tell him about the charity. I said, "I don't own a home and I want to." He gave me some change and a few other people did too.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Many years ago, before there was much of a civilian internet, and certainly no Go Fund Me, people were constantly asking for donations for charities at work. I got tired of it, so one day I put out a cup with a sign, "Donations for the Homeless". The first day a guy asked me to tell him about the charity. I said, "I don't own a home and I want to." He gave me some change and a few other people did too.

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Haha!

Yppej - that's funny!

Teacher Terry - yes, her therapist's approval of her seeing clients shocked me as well. There seems to be a lot of romantic transference and lack of boundaries in that therapeutic relationship. Honestly, this situation has really shaken my faith in the counseling profession (is that the right term?) and that scares me. Lately, life seems like one disappointment after another. Trump got elected president, and now my safety net has been pulled out from under me. Not cool! >:(

Geila, totally unprofessional and really unbelievable. I initially thought someone needs to let the college know and they are fine with it.

anyone who takes career advice from a therapist is cruising for a bruising. although this seems particularly extreme, with the power to hurt not just that person, but a whole bunch of innocent people.