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  • #595271
    observanteen
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    Is this true? I’ve got a teacher who teaches us Special Ed, I think she’s pretty normal (she really helps out hundreds of kids ranging from Public school to the most frum Jewish ones). But, I’ve also seen proffesionals who can seemingly use a proffesional themselves…. Just thinkin’. Is there some truth to this, or there are ppl who need them and ppl who don’t, no matter if they’ve got a degree?

    #744344
    HaLeiVi
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    Maybe the truth to it lies in the idea that usually you aspire to be like someone you know and admire. So how did that psychologist get to know the psychologist he admired :?)

    #744345
    observanteen
    Member

    Oooh. Thanks Halevi!! I thought this thread was going to die…. It’s a good thing you didn’t go to bed yet!

    All right. This is my LAST post for tonight (morning).

    #744346
    pumper
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    Is your Special Ed teacher a psychologist? If she is, shouldn’t she be teaching psychology and not special ed, which are two very different fields?

    #744347
    rebbitzen
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    everyone needs a psychologist! and if you think you dont, think again! some people just talk to a friend or a rav or someone, but everyone needs a psychologist figure.

    #744348
    mytake
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    rebbitzen

    Huh? I don’t. (and this is after thinking again.)

    Please explain why you believe that everyone needs a psychologist.

    #744349
    mytake
    Member

    rebbitzen

    Unless you meant that a spouse/parent/friend can substitute the psychologist. In that case, I agree.

    #744350
    Health
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    Not all shrinks are crazy, but a lot of crazy people become therapists for different reasons. One is to say -ya see I’m not crazy, everyone else is. I actually know someone like this.

    There are a lot incompetent mental health professionals out there -be very careful when choosing one!

    #744351
    mytake
    Member

    Health

    “There are a lot incompetent mental health professionals out there -be very careful when choosing one!”

    At best they can be a huge waste of time and money, at worst they can really mess your life up.

    Be very very very careful.

    #744352
    a mamin
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    First of all their are a lot of them out there who are not PROFESSIONAL!!! Second, when you do find one that is qualified, you need to be able to listen and make changes and if not you are wasting your time, and money!

    #744353
    EzratHashem
    Member

    One problem is that mental health fields became a very popular career choice so now we have way too many “profesesionals” who need work. So there has to be a lot more diagnoses and patients in order for all of them to have parnassa.

    #744354
    observanteen
    Member

    I know of a great therapist who helps out a lot of ppl. But she seems to be a real difficult person. Her husband looks weary and wrung out as if he’s going through hell. Who knows?

    #744355
    Tums
    Member

    I know of a great therapist who helps out a lot of ppl. But she seems to be a real difficult person. Her husband looks weary and wrung out as if he’s going through hell. Who knows?

    She may be a witch at home.

    #744356

    Quis psychologiet ipsos psychologes?

    #744357
    guy-ocho
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    Many if not most of psychologists and social workers needed a psychologist when they were younger. They had problems and for the most part got over it and now would like to help people out dealing with the same problems. Thats why most psychologists specialize in a specific mental health issue for this reason. (Such as if they had addiction issues they would specialize in that etc. This is actually beneficial for the patient as the therapist knows exactly what they are feeling, and know the steps to overcome the problem that have proven correct.

    #744358

    for the most part got over it

    says who?

    i tend to doubt it.

    #744359
    guy-ocho
    Member

    Mod-80: you may be right on that point, however you can’t argue with all the logic and facts I presented besides that.

    #744360
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Quis psychologiet ipsos psychologes?

    I’ll translate this; it’s mandarin.

    It says: Quiet psychologists abuse psychology?

    #744361

    im not arguing on anything else you said

    #744362
    always here
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    “I know of a great therapist who helps out a lot of ppl. But she seems to be a real difficult person. Her husband looks weary and wrung out as if he’s going through hell. Who knows?”

    we know a great therapist who’s husband my husband has noticed a change in, at shul. we think it could be possibly an illness, cv’s. might the same be true in your case, as opposed to blaming the therapist? one would hope if she’s a ‘great’ therapist, she would be just as great with her own loved ones. not sayin’ that’s necessarily true, but it seems likely.

    #744363
    always here
    Participant

    “Thats why most psychologists specialize in a specific mental health issue for this reason. (Such as if they had addiction issues they would specialize in that etc”

    I don’t agree with your comment. I don’t think that, for the most part, therapists specialize in areas that they themselves needed help in. JMO

    #744364
    observanteen
    Member

    Always here: I wouldn’t suspect that unless she did something wrong. She confronted my mother for something in an ugly way, and it just got me thinkin’….

    #744365
    1dayatatime
    Participant

    Every psychologist needs a Psychologist, is a very narrow minded idea, perpetuated, usually, by people trying to discredit the whole idea of therapy

    Unfortunately, the idea of therapy is still stigmatic in our community, despite the number of people being helped by it, and changing their lives for the better

    “Many if not most of psychologists and social workers needed a psychologist when they were younger.”

    Really Now?

    #744366
    gefen
    Participant

    When i was in college, i took a few diff psych courses. thought i’d be interested in going into the field. anyway, it was funny cuz, our abnormal psych teacher was really abnormal himself – really weird. our child psych teacher acted like a kid – sat on the desk with his legs in the pretzel position. it was like this with the other psych teachers as well.

    i also happen to know a marriage counselor/ psychotherapist who was MARRIED THREE TIMES!!! well i guess she certainly has experience 🙂

    so i guess since i didn’t end up going into this field, i must be pretty normal 🙂

    #744367

    The same way a doctor can get sick and doesn’t necessarily follow the most healthy diet, a psychologist can have an issue or not follow the advice he is giving to others.

    Read Charades in Mishpacha family first.

    #744368
    observanteen
    Member

    gefen: LOL!

    #744369
    HaLeiVi
    Participant

    In a marriage there is the possibility of the one who understands people’s behavior to use it for their own benefit. Also, they can impose their own idea by implying that their own position is professional and far outweighs the other’s.

    #744370

    Quis psychologiet ipsos psychologes?

    I’ll translate this; it’s mandarin.

    It says: Quiet psychologists abuse psychology?

    Didn’t you ever hear the phrase “who will police the police?” I just took out the word for police and tried to put in psychologist.

    #744371
    metrodriver
    Member

    Rebbitzen; So, you’re saying (In your first post) (Paraphrasing).. Everyone needs a psychologist and if someone thinks they don’t need one, they REALLY need one. But the essence of what you’re saying (That everyone needs to express their worries and anger. Not keep it bottled up. And, speaking about it is therapeutic in itself.) is already discussed in the Talmud. ???? ??? ??? (Political correctness did not exist in Talmudic times.)?????? ?????? Meaning. If someone is worried, fearful or angry about a situation or event, they should discuss it with another person.

    #744372
    mytake
    Member

    I think that all we really need is a friend. I mean, what did people do before the days of psychologists, or at least, before EVERYONE had one?

    Come one, most of us are pretty much okay. Of course we have our down days, but that doesn’t mean we need professional help. We just need a friend.

    Be it a parent, a spouse, a sibling, anyone really who cares enough to ignore their phone for a while, and bother to understand what’s going on in our lives. (And no, texting “wasup” every couple of hrs don’t count, and neither is email.)

    Just mytake on this.

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