Was thinking about how sometimes a therapist can give bad advice, and if you’re not thinking about the situation clearly, how would you know? Clearly the solution is to see a bunch of them concurrently, like a therapist RAID setup

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    9 months ago

    This is specifically why therapists are trained to never really give advice. They just listen and try to help you see your way through.

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        9 months ago

        Tell me more about this impulse you have to ask about people’s feelings

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          9 months ago

          I’m sensing a bit of role confusion in the room. Has this therapist career delusion been negatively affecting your sleep?

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            9 months ago

            Sir, you can take this olanzapine willingly or we can strap you to the chair and forcibly inject you. Which is it going to be? No, you cannot leave.

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    9 months ago

    If a therapist gives you any advice at all, they’re doing it wrong.

    The point of therapy is to help you think clearly.

    Everything they advise you to do should be “consider this” or “ask yourself that”. They should never be advising concrete actions. All of their advice should be about what to look at.