| Hola bitches! Sorry I'm late getting this up, but real life interceded. Anyway, I've been thinking about Megan Chase (the MC of Personal Demons for you guys that haven't forked out your $7 yet) and in particular her psychic ability and how it helps her in her work. The question that comes up for me is this, is it an ethical issue for a psychotherapist to use their mind-reading ability to help a client through their issues? Put yourself in the client's position. Would you feel violated? Manipulated? Creeped out? Hmm? I'll take the stance that most people follow the same cycles of behavior as their parents and make choices based on learned methods of communication, decision making and introspection, so any therapist who does proper background assessment would appear to be "psychic." I know I've been accused of it. But to actually be psychic makes my mouth water. Totally more efficient. Anyways... |
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No problems here, I would love the fact that finally, someone understands me!
I think if you are trying to help and can get in there and understand the root of the problem is fine..( you stay out of my mind MARK!!!)
Synde
I'm already in there, Synde. Pickin' around all demon-like.
I can see how it would definitely be helpful, but at the same time feel invasive by the client.
Yes, they may be there to get help. Yes, omitting or outright lying about something would be retroactive to your healing process.
But at the same time, having an omniscient therapist? Kinda scary. They'd end up with an inferiority complex.... if they didn't have one already.
Since such an ability in my therapist would possibly result in my swift arrest and incarceration*, hell yeah!
Just think: three squares a day, no kids, exercise yard...Prison would be awesome!**
*the above is my lame attempt at humor, and does not reflect upon any bad/illegal behavior on my part, real or imagined.
**yeah, awesome. And I'd get to be somebody's bitch, too.
I think I might be a bit creeped out by it. Yes, it would probably be very helpful and let me get to the root of my issues, but....
I don't know if I would like to be psychic and be able to read everyone around me.
And I am gonna fork out the 7.oo bucks...I just have to wait for payday...which fortunately is coming right up.
I would think that since you are probably paying for help to work through your issues then having a therapist use their mind-reading ability might ensure each session actually makes progress, therefore saving you money...which is a good thing.
I also think that given the amount of training a therapist is supposed to go through before they start working and if they have been doing that job for a while and are successful at it, then it might just seem, to the layperson, that they do have mind-reading abilities.
Shan - Oh yeah. I used to lie to my therapist all the time. Couldn't get away with that with Megan.
Kirsten - You know what they say, gay for the stay.
Lori T - Aw yeah. Payday! I just did my big payday Amazon order...
Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready (who'll be interviewed here Saturday) and some series firsts by Michelle Rowen, Michele Bardsley, Keri Arthur and Shirley Damsgaard (I can't resist the 4 for 3 paperback special).
Yeah, no psychic therapists for me. I'm keeping all my dirty little secrets to myself.
And if I found out later that they were psychic? Ugh! That's like an involuntary (mental) cavity search. I'd feel thoroughly violated.
And that's why Megan keeps it secret!
If my psycharitrist was an empath, I'd be ok with that. Psychic and able to read my thoughts or memories? Hell no. I have enough dirty little secrets I don't want to share. Thank you.
But from a therapist's POV, totally helpdful even if not completely ethical. :p
used to assist patients come to their own solutions, i have no quarrel with it....