Do you trust psychologists or feel they helpful?

[Anonymous]

I feel like they are not Gods. I mean there's a limit to what they can do, I mean if i would lose a leg no amount of feel good talk is going to grow me a new one. Same with certain life situations.

[provokeesmokee]

I trust my psychologist but I went through quite the selection process to find her and build that trust.

I called about a dozen different psychologists at first and spoke to most. The therapist I ended up with actually wasn't my first choice - that one unfortunately didn't have a schedule that worked with mine.

I also fired one replacement therapist I went to when mine got injured and took a leave.

Like any other profession, they're not immune from bad actors. The therapist I fired I also reported to the regulatory body for Psychologists in my province due to her behaviour. It's my duty to help the regulatory body track and monitor professionals - if no one speaks up, no one knows there might be a problem.

My current therapist specializes in methods I've researched (CBT, mostly), and I've worked with her for over 6 years now. Some big topics have only now started to become things I can work on processing, thanks to the years of progress helping me heal and get to a place of mental strength to deal with what I bring up.

But I would never have gotten to this point on my own, or without engaging in the careful selection of this therapist.

I encourage anyone I talk to about this to be selective. Therapy is scary and if you don't trust your therapist or don't believe they're capable of helping you, therapy is just an expensive waste of both your time.

It's ok to fire someone if you don't feel like you can trust them, or find their work unhelpful. It's your time and money, afterall.

[Avonlea]

Well some are Ok but if they are not giving you any advice to help or support you just writing you a subscription best to walk out. Befriend the forest they know forgotten language zone out to it ask it for guidance to help you. Nature is the true therapy.

[OddBeMe]

I do actually. Their behavioral techniques taught me better ways to think of myself. Taught me who was really toxic around me and how bad that can be.

There is a lot of debate about psychiatry being a “science”. Even in scientific circles. Some actual doctoral psyches say it’s not. But it can predict behavior (like the mindhunter show), but it relies on softer elements like emotions rather than hard fact.

[Anonymous]

I don't trust them. Had nothing but bad experiences with them especially dealing with the breech of privacy and them also lying. Those a hole tried to have my chuld taken off me

[Asker]

lying about what?

[Opinion Owner]

Claiming I was experiencing postpartum psychosis when I was never experiencing the psychosis part. I can remember everything that happened. People who have the psychosis part has no memory of what they done. They also claimed I was being aggressive but at no time was I ever aggressive. If I had been, the security guards would not have just sat there. The cops that were there in another room wouldn't have sat back and done nothing if I had been aggressive

They claimed I was going to hurt my child and I proved to everyone this was utter bullshit. It's all on record so there is evidence of them lying

[slatyb]

One of them helped me quite a lot.