19 February 2008

Speaking of...

More social workers...
A curious thing happened to one of my psychiatric residents not long ago. One of his patients caught him off guard with a challenging question: “Have you ever been in psychotherapy yourself?”

It was an interesting question, and it made me wonder whether one could be a good therapist without having been in psychotherapy.

If the answer was no, it would appear to be at odds with what we do in the rest of medical practice.
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RELATED: Speaking of therapy...
I hear there's an outbreak of "Obama Comedown Syndrome"
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