How psychologists subvert democratic movement

[caycegal]

I have a master's degree in counseling and worked in a mental health center for a while. Although I learned a lot that was very helpful while getting my degree, including the one over-arching fact that the most helpful way to relate to others is complete acceptance, after a while I came to feel that there was a certain hollowness to the field, a desire to set oneself up as an expert who can "help" the other because one has "true knowledge," which the other does not have. It is both true and not true at the same time. Also, usually there is no place for prayer and meditation in a treatment facility, unless it is a 12-step facility.

People usually go into the field because they want to heal themselves. However, some people never realize this and they keep the focus entirely on "the other."

Counselors have helped me a great deal in my life, so I certainly don't consider it an evil or wrong field to go into. Ideally the practitioner would have a great deal of insight into self.

Another thing to consider is the way the field is constantly being diluted by those who wish to change it into a pharmacological mechanistic type practice.