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Old Feb 05, 2015, 07:25 PM
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Are you really only a junior in High School? You seem very well read and reflective, if so.

Historal stuff is likely to be more accessible. Current research is published in books or journals but some of that stuff can be hard to get hold of even with a University Library subscription. E.g.,:

Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing

Most clients aren't so well read and aren't so keen to research out what is going on... Most people don't get behind catchy headlines and overly simplistic checklists... Most people mistake a redescription of symptoms for an explanation... Most people... Could well have benefited a great deal from the clinicians you saw... But they were not the best fit for you.

Over the years... Mostly I've been forced to try and work with people who I wasn't suited to at all -- or I got no help at all. On a few occasions I have been lucky enough to have been able to work with clinicians who were reflective and responsive to me... I don't think these clinicians would have been so very useful to a bunch of other clients out there, though...

I think most people (clinicians especially) are drawn to the field because of part of... Something about being the helper they wish they had. It places them well to work with people who are like them in certain relevant respects...

Something I've learned over the years is that great anything is pretty great... But **** anything is pretty ****. What I mean is... There is a lot of great to be found in psychology and counselling and education and psychiatry and... But there is also a lot of **** to be waded through...

I'd imagine you could find what you are looking for / create what you are looking for / contribute towards making things better for some group of people... From any of those... From a bunch of other places besides... But you will have to put up with a lot of crap along the way. Such is life.
Thanks for this!
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