Posted by JahL on October 2, 2001, at 11:23:51
In reply to psycho-social support (not again), posted by Elizabeth on October 1, 2001, at 14:40:07
> Doesn't this "reminder" belong in psycho-SOCIAL-babble? I mean, seriously, this topic has been talked to death, and AFAIK, promoting talk therapy is not part of the purpose of this board.
Too right it isn't. Talk therapy needs *no* promotion; psychologists are quite capable of 'talking up' their profession & interfering where they're not wanted. A case in point:
Received an NHS appt. with my old pdoc today with view to being referred to a *specialist pharmacologist*. This guy previously sent me to a day hospital for 6 months and knows my view on talk therapy (ie one of the biggest scams of the C20th). So why is there going to be a psychologist present at my new appt? The supposedly cash-strapped NHS is wasting money on someone who will have precisely 3 seconds to exit the office upon my arrival. It also worries me that they're *still* looking at this from a psychological POV. Exasperated? That's putting it mildly.
> P.S. I have family and friends who offer me all the "psychosocial support" I need. I would hope that most others don't need to pay somebody for it, either.
That's how I've always felt. Maybe others aren't so lucky (at least in this regard) as us?
J.
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