Posted by Quintal on April 19, 2008, at 14:54:38
In reply to Re: Bad Student Counselor/Psychologist Wanna-be » Quintal, posted by GeneLady on April 19, 2008, at 13:29:28
I think the control aspect is the problem with my pdoc too. I like to choose my own medications and this rubs him up the wrong way - he likes to be in complete control, and he's used to getting it too. I suppose most people just toe to the line and do what he says, but I challenge him and this upsets him. He definately sees me as a threat because at times I've been more knowledgable about certain medications than he has, and he's told me this irritates him. I think it's an issue that crops up lot in the mental health profession.
I'll bet it's infurating for your family member to be talked to like that as well, but people in that position often seem to accept whatever treatment they're given. I used to work in a nursing home and I've seen it happen to the elderly too. I was in a psychiatric hospital recently and some of the staff used to talk to me as if I were a retarded child or something. Again, in there it's all about power and control. Just nurse after nurse being pithy and condesceding because they get some sort of power trip out of it. They even had uniforms and bunches of keys around their waists like prison wardens, not nurses. It's hard to get the respect and dignity you deserve in these places.
>I've thought about writing to the psych in charge overall (he knows who I am) but ... this is ridiculous and crazy especially for me but I can't think of the words to use to describe what she's doing !!!! I mean, how dumb does it sound to say "your research administrator is making nasty faces at me" ??? That would make me look even more foolish! I'm wondering what would be the best words to use!!!
I know! How do you phrase what the problem is without sounding ridicullous yourself?! One time my pdoc's secetary slammed the door repeatedly against my heels as I was leaving the unit, as if trying to trip me up. That really bugged me, so much so that I considered making a complaint, but what could I say without sounding childish and petty myelf? Nobody deseves this kind of teatment. How are people supposed to get better when they're treated in this manner? You end up feeling like a human doormat.
As others have suggested, you're probably not alone in this. She's most likely doing it to other people as well. Maybe it just takes a few brave souls to come forward and make a complaint before the supervisor gets the message that there's a problem with this woman? I think you'd be doing other patients and family members a service if this was brought to their attention.
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