I agree that arrogance and bluster is quite universal. However I think therapists' role makes them particularly susceptible because 1) They're often idolized 2) The therapy relationship itself often is engineered to put the therapists in the power seat 3) Clients may look to them for Life Answers they likely won't have, and they'll fake it. (Among other things)
In other words, I've often seem therapists fall victim to their own publicity.
Bottom line --I think it a recipe for harm to put therapists on a superhuman pedestal. No human has been cleansed of flaws.
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Originally Posted by lolagrace
I've never run into a therapist as you described. Lots of neurosurgeons though, a few lawyers, some teachers, lots of business people, . . . .  . Arrogance and bluster are not unique to any one group. There is plenty of that to go around, regardless of profession. |