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Old Jul 31, 2017, 11:33 AM
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I don't want to get started on how "scientific" psychotherapy is and how "unscientific" alternative healing practices are. If you believe psychotherapy is solidly based on science and that quantum physics doesn't reveal something scientific about spirituality and also that there is a contradiction between spirituality and science then you are uninformed about the latest scientific discoveries and, basically, are not in touch with science at all. I don't want to dig into all this because then I'd have to spend a few days typing long posts and I don't have time for that, but, most importantly, all this is irrelevant.

Regardless of what you believe about science and homeopathy and anything else, if your T does an overall good work with you and you have been satisfied with her work, what difference does it make what she posts on her social media pages? Why can't you separate it from your work with her?

I understand that it might be disappointing to see that people who are important to us believe in things that we reject, like when they vote for the politician we despise, or when they like people we don't like, or when they life their lives by different standards then ours and believe in things that we consider nonsensical. What I don't understand is why people can't be mature enough to go beyond those disappointments and to give other people freedom to live their lives however they want, to believe whatever they want and to express their beliefs publicly if they feel like it.

Did you T do something in her work with you that you consider unscientific, not approved by her training, unprofessional and such? If not, relax and get a life.

I know this sounds rude, but I am sick and tired of hearing these kinds of judgments from people everywhere. It is not related just to therapists. People stick their noses in other people's business everywhere for no good reason. It'd not be so disturbing if they just resorted to gossiping. But they take it much further. In my neighborhood there is lots of "vigilantes" who call to arms (literally call for buying guns and shooting people) as soon as they see someone who looks even slightly suspicious to them according to their standards of "normalcy". People's careers get ruined, not just therapists but any profession, when they post something on social media that someone else considers troublesome, even when they are skilled professionals and get along with co-workers just fine.

I am not saying that tolerance should be unlimited. There are certain messages that openly call for violence against certain groups of people. These should not be tolerated. I'd also understand if you see your T posting something on FB that violated your moral values, like if they are doing a trophy hunting and post a photo of themselves with the dead animal they just killed, if you run away from that T because I would. But to be "worried", "concerned" or "disturbed" just because the T happened to have a different opinion, a world view that is different from yours and they have the "audacity" to feel free to talk about it openly? Gimme a break. Grow up and get a life.
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