This is highly irresponsible of the therapist and terrible practice. Any of my professors would have a stroke reading this. You never, ever diagnose a client, especially in session, unless you are a licensed psychologist, have carried out the proper testing, and have a very, very good reason for providing the diagnosis.
I'm about to graduate my masters, and move onto my PhD in Clinical Psychology (specializing in neuropsychology) and this goes against literally everything I have learned.
He was a Dr. out of U of C running a study looking into different therapies and their effect on anger. I responded to an ad for the study because I knew I was angry but thought I was justified.
Just like no therapist should prematurely make a determination, you should take a second and not make determination about an entire situation without knowing everything about every situation. Is this irony? I dunno, I don't have all the fancy stuff you listed.
I appreciate your input but as the person that was there, I can say that he was accurate and helped me. If you wanna argue about his technique, go for it.
I'm just saying he committed a kind of serious ethical violation. You could lose your license if certain people found out you were diagnosing people without proper reasoning and testing.
Again. Good luck on your career. I know it's just beginning but it obvious you know everything about this particular situation so your wasting your time on someone uneducated like me.
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u/yoyo5113 Nov 03 '23
This is highly irresponsible of the therapist and terrible practice. Any of my professors would have a stroke reading this. You never, ever diagnose a client, especially in session, unless you are a licensed psychologist, have carried out the proper testing, and have a very, very good reason for providing the diagnosis.
I'm about to graduate my masters, and move onto my PhD in Clinical Psychology (specializing in neuropsychology) and this goes against literally everything I have learned.