tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1034710953102011313..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: My Three Shrinks Podcast 27: Shrinks On The TakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-81343776662525786742007-07-09T19:32:00.000-04:002007-07-09T19:32:00.000-04:00re: mental health providers with their own history...re: mental health providers with their own history--this is a topic which is near and dear to my own heart. It was much easier for me to come out as lesbian in my training program than to come out as someone with her own "stuff."<BR/><BR/>I would not have chosen my clinical specialty if not for my personal experience. I couldn't imagine doing professional presentations without self-disclosure; and I've never had anyone react negatively. <BR/><BR/>However, I don't think any my "stuff" (nearly all of which is truly past history) has ever been a liability for me. In fact, though I can count on one hand the number of times I've overtly self-disclosed the "stuff" to a client, I can't begin to count the number of times a client has said to me, "You know, you're the first therapist I've had who really <I>gets</I> it."<BR/><BR/>While I was still a heavily-medicated college student, my psychiatrist told me he had designs for me to go to med school instead of grad school. I pointed out that I was barely about to stay awake in class, so I doubted I'd make it through residency. He maintained that I would still make an awesome psychiatrist because of the "been there, done that" factor. (Obviously, I didn't take his advice!)<BR/><BR/>One final note--I think that the idea that mental health professionals must themselves be mentally healthy is self-perpetuating. If no one self-discloses for fear of being considered unfit to practice (regardless of actual fitness to practice), then nothing will ever change. Three words: Kay Redfield Jamison.Gerbilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908487212760713496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-44071663668417680522007-07-09T16:06:00.000-04:002007-07-09T16:06:00.000-04:00I loved the phrase "self-disclosing cardinal." I'l...I loved the phrase "self-disclosing cardinal." <BR/><BR/>I'll never listen to birdsong quite the same way again. :-)Your Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182456406888139759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-13459615050595523392007-07-05T12:40:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:40:00.000-04:00Thanks for answering my question regarding the dia...Thanks for answering my question regarding the diagnosed mental health provider.<BR/><BR/>I decided to go from my masters in social work, because I wanted to be an advocate, and a case worker for the hardest to treat.<BR/><BR/>Last fall, I had a significant attempt to end my life, and I was committed (involuntary) to an inpatient ward for a little over a week. While there...I observed, and "got" what was happening around me. Bored of coloring, I thought alot about what my fellow "inmates"...really needed.<BR/><BR/>Since then...I have been diagnoised as bipolar II. I am not better yet, and know that this will be lifelong.<BR/><BR/>I had reservations about doing clinical work. SERIOUS ones. I became close to a psychologist at the Psy center, where I volunteered, who knew my history (I had to confess, as some of my "peers" had since been admitted there). He encouraged me, against my resistance, to do clinical social work.<BR/><BR/>The degree takes two years (and I have already taken classes non-matriculated). I hope that by the time I graduate, I will be standing on solid emotional ground.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your input.Ladyk73https://www.blogger.com/profile/08293016397853788993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-68881290707358968602007-07-04T07:22:00.000-04:002007-07-04T07:22:00.000-04:00anon-yes, I find that fuzzy sound in the backgroun...anon-yes, I find that fuzzy sound in the background when we speak annoying, too. You are right--if I leave it in continuously, the brain will adjust to it and screen it out much better than GarageBand does. I will give it a go.<BR/><BR/>As for the volumes [sigh] I even had the mic away from me and smack in front of the fairer shrinks, and still no joy. You two are on notice... if you don't sit closer or speak up, we are getting lapel mics! (We'll do a fundraiser... BTW, whomever it was that gave us $10 last month, THANK YOU!)Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735111026336537653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-26097355026552124682007-07-04T04:28:00.000-04:002007-07-04T04:28:00.000-04:00Can one of you comment on this?OCD can make you fe...Can one of you comment on this?<BR/>OCD can make you feel like a weirdo and so I hid it through most of my treatment b/c it wasn’t to bad, even though I didn’t expect my therapist to judge me for it. When I finally brought it up I was somewhat shocked when my therapist said she too had it, but insisted it was well under control, except in situations she doesn’t encounter much where she’ll sometimes carry out a mental compulsion. She mentioned I should add paxil to my wellbutrin, and I said I thought I heard about alot of paxil withdrawal problems, and she said “yeah I went thru that”. (She rarely talks abour herself, tho I do know her husbands job/personality and they have two young sons. This only came up when she was trying to build common ground-my personality is like her husbands I guess. None of it bothers or distracts me tho). <BR/>Though I was shocked and though her main issue was religious obsessions while mine were compulsions I felt really relieved and unselfconsious afterward. I guess even though I know you are trained to not judge, I think ocd is a hard thing to understand unless you have it and have actually felt that repetitive irrational doubt and those maddening urges- even I think supernatural obsessions are hard to understand-but since I knew she knew the feeling and it I think it helped a ton<BR/> <BR/>Still what do you think of mental health professionals who admit to their patients a shared mental illness, or what medications they were on? Does it also depend on the illness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-82261739864846005852007-07-03T20:57:00.000-04:002007-07-03T20:57:00.000-04:00I did find it hillarious that one of the standariz...I did find it hillarious that one of the standarized patients ended up getting a flex sig. I would have 'fessed up long before that!Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-71647350590890741352007-07-03T19:26:00.000-04:002007-07-03T19:26:00.000-04:00Oh, on that one patient/actor - it brings new mean...Oh, on that one patient/actor - it brings new meaning to "Taking one for the team", or, "he took the news sitting down" (I guess he was laying, butt . . . . .)<BR/><BR/>That patient was the butt of many jokes, among his fellow actors, I'd guess.<BR/><BR/>(I kid you not, the word verify here was cmjjkgut)Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-48441677775140589222007-07-03T19:24:00.000-04:002007-07-03T19:24:00.000-04:00Dinah's gonna be tickled by that last, I think!Yea...Dinah's gonna be tickled by that last, I think!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I had to have Roy booming to hear the two ladies as well.<BR/><BR/>I was tickled and delighted to hear a fitting use of my bad nose-phone pun! Since all cell phones have cameras these days anyway. Thanks for noticing and remembering, Clink!<BR/><BR/>It was fun to hear Max's input.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-83124006917241029712007-07-03T09:59:00.000-04:002007-07-03T09:59:00.000-04:00I agree with everyone so far. Outside is nice exc...I agree with everyone so far. Outside is nice except when you get sirens and loud animal noises. Also, I had to have my volume on full blast to hear Dinah or Clink which made Roy's voice sound like thunder. Not very fun to hear such a contrast in sound.<BR/><BR/>I did like the content and your bantering back and forth about these topics (though I still think Dinah doesn't talk nearly as much as Roy and clink!). Keep up the good work and have a safe July 4th!sophizohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565728981524456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-50280603752935684282007-07-03T09:19:00.000-04:002007-07-03T09:19:00.000-04:00I agree with MWAK, but enjoyed the podcast neverth...I agree with MWAK, but enjoyed the podcast nevertheless, as well as the birds and Max.<BR/><BR/>I have to say, my GP doesn't talk at length to me about himself. After over 13 years, I know very little about him. <BR/><BR/>Right after my mother died (I was on a cruise with hubby and had to fly home from Cozumel to take Mom off life support and to be with the rest of the family), he told me that he got the news his Dad died while he (doc) was at his 40th birthday party at at a restaurant. I found this helpful because it helped me see that these things just happen, irrespective of where and when.<BR/><BR/>I hope that made sense. I have had trouble expressing myself lately.<BR/><BR/>LilyDrivingMissMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476761316928942301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-27663970497380495002007-07-03T00:11:00.000-04:002007-07-03T00:11:00.000-04:00I enjoyed the podcast, as usual.My only problem wa...I enjoyed the podcast, as usual.<BR/><BR/>My only problem was that the volume seemed to vary. Roy was very easy to hear, but at times, Dinah and Clink were really hard to hear.Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-21309230613534870322007-07-02T03:29:00.000-04:002007-07-02T03:29:00.000-04:00I meant to say something about this the last podca...I meant to say something about this the last podcast but forgot.<BR/><BR/>I think you should keep podcasting outside, no reason to waste the beautiful weather.<BR/><BR/>I just wonder if it's possible (I don't know anything about audio production) to turn down/off whatever is filtering out low-volume noise? There's a lot of background noise and birds, but only when you guys speak. I think it would be less distracting if it was continuous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com