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Old Nov 27, 2017, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by magicalprince View Post

I mean, anyone who is doing a job--they can do it well or they can do it badly. There is always going to be a more or less effective therapist out there. Even if you dislike the structure, in my mind the harm is still largely created by the incompetence of single individuals.
Agree that individual therapists are accountable. Disagree that so called "good" therapists can reliably transcend a dysfunctional framework. Purchased caring is a problematic construct, even if the therapist is super special and has magical powers.

Also seems most therapists are perpetuating therapy orthodoxy unthinkingly, according to their indoctrination. One of the best descriptions of therapists I've come across is... "naive followers of a faith".

I do think therapists ought to get a real job and stop humiliating people, and for that they are absolutely responsible.