Posted by baseball55 on February 17, 2014, at 21:07:36
In reply to from patient to service provider...?!?! (long), posted by Christ_empowered on February 13, 2014, at 19:41:27
I think going for some kind of counseling degree, followed by perhaps a divinity degree in the future, would be great if you're into it. Has counseling helped you? Is it something for which you have respect? Do you think your own experience could help you empathize with others?
I know you had a bad experience with psychiatry. I did not, even as a child in state institutions in the early 70s. But Szasz was writing at a time when they were still doing ECT without anesthesia, keeping people locked up for ever. Everybody was diagnosed with schizophrenia in state hospitals. I think psychiatry has come a long way since then. But even if you don't, wouldn't you agree that therapeutic interventions have come a long way? No more lying on a couch and free associating. CBT, DBT, mindfulness based therapy, dynamic therapy, existential therapy, interpersonal therapy. Much of it evidence based, well studied. Main practitioners these days are social workers and psychologists, not psychiatrists.
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