Posted by ace on October 19, 2005, at 3:52:26
In reply to Re: Another psychiatrist suicides..................... » zenhussy, posted by Susan47 on October 18, 2005, at 20:32:12
> I don't know, maybe it really isn't so weird after all. They're people just like you and me and their training won't necessarily help them with their own problems with depression, sadness, anxiety, guilt, counter-transference, you name it. Why should they be any different from anybody else really?
Because of their extensive training. They should be honest, proffesional and treat patients with the utmost repect. They make the choice, like I have, to be a psychiatrist, so they should walk the walk. When under enormous stress, take a break...Simple.
I do't believe their own frailties make them ineffectual, necessarily, in their practice of their profession .. only when their clients bring up their own issues, then it definitely is a bugger.
I have no problem with psychiatrists having psychiatric histories...my GP has qouted that a good 70% do. But they must have transcended, overcome, or reached a certain equanimity with their own issues, before treating others.
Ace
I think any responsible therapist would seek outside third-party help for EVERYONE involved in the therapy.
> IMO that's part of what went wrong in my own therapy. And stuff like that can hurt not just the client but also the therapist, and if the therapist is already depressed or going through terrible times of his own or Whatever ... god.
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