Posted by pseudoname on May 26, 2006, at 9:33:41
In reply to does mental health issues preclude someone from..., posted by shrinking violet on May 24, 2006, at 20:06:30
Interesting thread.
I think institutional attitudes toward therapists’ personal problems & personal therapy have changed in the last 10-15 years.
When a friend was applying to graduate psych programs in 1987, his college psych professor told him, “Don’t tell them you’ve been in therapy!” Apparently prejudices were just as strong in psych depts as elsewhere.
I see a lot more psychologists casually mentioning their own therapy today than I ever did in the ’80s or early ’90s. I think they’re following the broader culture that way, rather than leading it.
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