Have you seen bad psychiatrists before?

Question

Has anybody ever experienced a counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist that belittled you, mocked you or made your situation worse, or invented problems for you and even laughed at you cruelly when you tried to explain your situation? I'm being serious...

I'm just curious here. It seems like a counselor or psychologist would be a perfect job for those that really want to help others, but I imagine in the wrong hands you could do some serious and effective evil with it.

Answer 1

I was just trying to remember seeing any other kind! No, I can't say I have . . . oh, yes, I was once privileged to be a patient of the director of the Jungian Institute in San Francisco. I wish I could remember the old dear's name, but I don't. I'm sure he's long gone, as he was a white-haired old gentleman then, in the mid-1980s. More like Freud than Jung in looks, I seem to recall.

Other than that, I have seen only people who made things worse. They had their agenda, and it did not mesh with mine.

Answer 2

There are those (quite a number) who deny that psychiatry is a science. The argument is that the only "science" involved is that of the study of psychiatry itself, and not the subject it purports to expound upon. With the possible exception of Jung no singular examination of the actual entity of "mind" has been done and reported upon with any convincing empiricism. The counter argument would of course be that no such evidence is possible with a non material subject. So then the counter counter point would be that all that is claimed to be known of the subject could well have been acquired by the simple rote accumulation of acts and tendencies. The variables of human behavior are such that an infinite number of root causes could result in infinity squared actions, so until the actual mechanism is discovered no real understanding is possible. Therefore someone somewhere is going to have to continue from where Jung left off, and few if any have that kind of courage. It's impossible to deduce intellectually that which must be discerned instinctually or spiritually. Until "science" accepts that there is a force concealed within mans mind that has terrifying power, and begins the study of how to access it, no meaningful progress will be made in psychiatry.

Answer 3

It is quite easy for someone in a position of counseling or psychiatry to base their principles on their own ideologies and philosophy. Quackery is this. If a therapist is radical, or goes against modern therapeutic values, they can manipulate patients (even unintentionally) and cause more damage than good.

Anyone can become a doctor, and anyone can become a psychiatrist.

America's overall mental health rating is a D (of a possible health grade of A) Many state's have a B grade.
http://arrena.us/blog/free-fiction-2/rob...

Dr. Paulino and Patient 2312

Answer 4

If you want to see real evil you should see what happens within the mental health system to the people who work there. I was a Therapist and a Union Stewart. Talk about office politics, some of the Administrators were sadist. There are good and bad in any profession and people are still people. They say that we all become therapist because we had depressed mothers. Some come from really screwed up families. If you don't like the one you have ask to change.

Answer 5

Remember those student loans add up and they have to pay them off by booking as many $120 appointments as possible. The neurosis of the rich fuels this logic that everyone needs therapy. They have so much money and are still bored, unhappy and irresponsible. They have all this time to do nothing, so they complain and become pessimistic. The people with the easiest lives are often the most unhappy. Unhappiness has been around since Eve fell to the charms of the snake. It is life. Rich people don't like dealing with it. They want to surround themselves with walls, insulated indoor pools, waterfalls, perfect ventilation systems, aromatherapy and private massages. Living in a glass-encased aquarium syndrome.

Answer 6

I went to see a psychologist once and it was a big deal for me to go. I completely opened up my heart and soul to him, discussed the most intimate things and felt that I had really resolved my original reason for seeing him.

On what was to be the last session, he asked me to lie down on the couch, which I never had and didn't feel comfortable with, and he said "there are some things that we need to discuss. Firstly, we haven't talked about sexuality enough and secondly we haven't talked about the intimate relationship between patient and counselor".

Err, we had talked about everything and he was clearly making a pass at me, which was verified some weeks later by a friend of his. That was horrible and it made me question what had gone before. In short, I felt betrayed.

Answer 7

I had a very mean and degrading psychiatrist. I walked out of the office and told the front desk to close my case; he was so rude and didn't listen!
Now I go to another psychiatrist in town and he is very respectful and helps me with issues and meds both.

I used to be a mental health case worker in a psych hospital and worked with many psychiatrists and psychologists. The majority were very good and helpful people. There were a few morons in the crowd, but you have to shop around for one that "fits" each person's case.

Answer 8

I had a psychiatrist that belittled me once.

When I was hospitalized once, there was a male nurse who enjoyed messing with the patient's heads. He was a major asshole.

My sister worked with a psychiatrist who projected his own psychotic thinking on others.

I imagine some people enjoy being able to prey on people who are mentally vulnerable.

Answer 9

Yes...without going into detail....I've had two that just left me dumbfounded. I have no doubt that I am saner then they were

Answer 10

That is terrible!!!!!
I am a psychologist myself but i am not that mean to my patients............. come on!!!! that's very BAD!!!