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Originally Posted by lizardlady
That said, why should professionals, such as myself, have to prove who they are and what their credentials are? As I said before, I come here for the same reason other members do. I've made friends here. I come to socialize. I come to get and give support. I never offer therapy to others here. Frankly, after spending my day with clients I have absolutely no interest in coming here to do more work (and for free!  ) I also don't mention my profession or credentials in the forums because a) that's not why I'm here, b) people try to get free therapy and c) there are some members who've had bad experiences with other professionals and can target professionals on the boards. |
There is a difference between being health care staff and coming here to give and receive peer support just the same as everyone else, and come here basically telling everyone they are staff and post from a "professional" standpoint.
I expect everyone here to be just peers. Peers means we're equal. I don't find it particularly nice to have people showing off for whatever reason they would do that.
Like you say, no one comes here to work as medical staff, and it can even be negative to let others know if it is your profession. I think people for their own sake should refrain from talking much about them being staff.
I wouldn't want to go as far as forbidding people from mentioning it. But if someone fills their own member page with how they have this and that title, that I would want to get rid of. That, IMO, is advertising. Also those who might do that are less likely to be real professionals. And god knows the last thing we need on here is fake staff. Unfortunately I'm just a regular member, but if someone is starting to show off, that might be dealt with by the owner of the site. As it should be.
As long as the medical staff is not trying to a job here I am perfectly fine with them.