I once saw a shrink who let the sessions go completely unstructured and directionless. I kept trying to talk about things substantive, but somehow she always managed to get the conversations into the "irrelevant" zone, bringing things up that didn't really matter or making issues out of things that weren't. Basically she was just faxing in her appearance, nodding her head, and going "And how does that make you feel?" It became obvious to me that she only wanted "easy" clients with self-absorbed lifestyles, not anyone who was proactively trying to deal with specific issues. On one of my last visits, we spent the entire session talking about the life and careers of British gay pop star George Michael. -- AnonymousThursday, July 20, 2006
Let's Talk About George
I once saw a shrink who let the sessions go completely unstructured and directionless. I kept trying to talk about things substantive, but somehow she always managed to get the conversations into the "irrelevant" zone, bringing things up that didn't really matter or making issues out of things that weren't. Basically she was just faxing in her appearance, nodding her head, and going "And how does that make you feel?" It became obvious to me that she only wanted "easy" clients with self-absorbed lifestyles, not anyone who was proactively trying to deal with specific issues. On one of my last visits, we spent the entire session talking about the life and careers of British gay pop star George Michael. -- Anonymous
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I now have a psychologist and a psychiatrist who actually talk to each other and respect each other. This is somewhat rare, although that is what the protocol is supposed to be! Anyway, after 15 years of seeing less than satisfying or knowledgeable people, I think I finally got the right combination. Yeah me!!! I would also recommend to anyone who is searching for a shrink to turn to a group practice or clinic where shrinks are monitored and have paperwork to turn in to show they actually care and are on the ball. The ones who are in private practice just do whatever they want and it's usually not much. They're not accountable to anyone and don't have any direction or purpose. At a clinic, the shrinks are expected to have a direction that they are to set with the patient and this direction has to be documented. Keeps 'em honest and purposeful IMHO.
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