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Tonuka@feddit.org 3 days agoIn some countries it’s actually required for therapists to periodically see a therapist. To avoid getting retraumatized by their patients trauma and such
Unironically a good idea. I saw a lot of therapists as a kid, and many of them were more fucked up than I was.
I had one trying to help me “recover” memories of CSA by vividly describing her own experiences of CSA. 80% of the therapy I do now is to recover from therapy then.
Jesus. That’s like… wow. Mental healthcare was the Wild West until very recently. Still feels like it is sometimes, in a lot of respects.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Sounds like a pyramid scheme.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 days ago
And even those therapists need to see even higher therapists. It’s Dr Phil at the top, I guarantee
andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Dr Phil isn’t allowed to practice anymore - he started treating a college freshman for anxiety and depression, gave her a job and then started fucking her.
What he does on television has done immense damage to understandings of mental health. That bullshit disgusting tough love, while at the same time being a hypocritical creep and serial adulterer. Send his ass to Turnabout Ranch.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 day ago
Uh, that’s why he is at the top. Do you think pyramid schemes are run by upstanding citizens?
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 days ago
right, one on one therapy is a pyramid scheme, as we all know pyramids are made out of two points.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Because or course every therapist only ever sees one client