Would you date a therapist?

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I wanted to start a fun little thread because I was curious about the responses. Joking aside, would you all (med students, doctors, lawyers, etc.) date a mental health therapist/psychologist? Why or why not?
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As long as she doesn't try her pseudoscientific voodoo devil woman mind magic on me, and yeah what @throw_away5122 said
 
failedatlife said:
Better question is would a therapist want to date me? Consider all the things you have to offer. As for myself, not much. She could prob have done better on Step 1 than I did.
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i came to this thread because i saw failedatlife posted
and i just wanted to remind him that no therapist would wanna date his step 1 score

however, he is already aware of it. so he doenst need a therapist anyway.
well done!
 
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Yes, yes I would. The one therapist I know is also one of the kindest people I know.
 
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I was reluctant to consider this int he past, but I've met some awesome psychiatrists and psychologists and would not mind dating them. 🙂
 
My S.O. is an occupational therapist. Does that count?
 
Styrene said:
Are you there? We're still wondering what you meant. Thanks.
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The fact that you prefer to be alone on your downtime! I mean, don't get me wrong, I love having my quality me time. But every once in a while, you gotta get that cardio in, at minimum, once a week.
 
I am JUST at the beginning of a friendship/relationship with one.
I hope you all can answer few questions if you dont mind =)
1. What is the difference between a BA Psych, BSc Pyschology, MSc Psychology and a psychologist? Therapist? (OMG you will have to excuse my ignorance. I am really bad at this)
2. Is it true that you folks are better at understanding situations? Your approach to a complex fight is better than the rest out there?
3. Therapist are better parents?
4. What are the things a therapist would look for in a potential spouse? I am sure few are common among all therapist.
5. What are few things that irritate a psychologist?

Your response is welcome and rest of the therapist too.
I am a bit nervous about this. I am an orthopedic resident really interested in someone who just finished her MSc in psychology. I dont even know if these are therapists? or..
She does not want to pursue any thing clinical. She loves kids and as soon as she finished, she said i want to do what i love the most. Teach kindergarden classes. So she is teaching at the moment. She loves spending time with kids, enjoys her job.
All i know is like I her. :happy: I want to know therapists better so i can gain a better understanding.
 
OrthoBod said:
I am JUST at the beginning of a friendship/relationship with one.
I hope you all can answer few questions if you dont mind =)
1. What is the difference between a BA Psych, BSc Pyschology, MSc Psychology and a psychologist? Therapist? (OMG you will have to excuse my ignorance. I am really bad at this)
2. Is it true that you folks are better at understanding situations? Your approach to a complex fight is better than the rest out there?
3. Therapist are better parents?
4. What are the things a therapist would look for in a potential spouse? I am sure few are common among all therapist.
5. What are few things that irritate a psychologist?

Your response is welcome and rest of the therapist too.
I am a bit nervous about this. I am an orthopedic resident really interested in someone who just finished her MSc in psychology. I dont even know if these are therapists? or..
She does not want to pursue any thing clinical. She loves kids and as soon as she finished, she said i want to do what i love the most. Teach kindergarden classes. So she is teaching at the moment. She loves spending time with kids, enjoys her job.
All i know is like I her. :happy: I want to know therapists better so i can gain a better understanding.
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Why not ask her some of those questions?


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OrthoBod said:
I am JUST at the beginning of a friendship/relationship with one.
I hope you all can answer few questions if you dont mind =)
1. What is the difference between a BA Psych, BSc Pyschology, MSc Psychology and a psychologist? Therapist? (OMG you will have to excuse my ignorance. I am really bad at this)
2. Is it true that you folks are better at understanding situations? Your approach to a complex fight is better than the rest out there?
3. Therapist are better parents?
4. What are the things a therapist would look for in a potential spouse? I am sure few are common among all therapist.
5. What are few things that irritate a psychologist?

Your response is welcome and rest of the therapist too.
I am a bit nervous about this. I am an orthopedic resident really interested in someone who just finished her MSc in psychology. I dont even know if these are therapists? or..
She does not want to pursue any thing clinical. She loves kids and as soon as she finished, she said i want to do what i love the most. Teach kindergarden classes. So she is teaching at the moment. She loves spending time with kids, enjoys her job.
All i know is like I her. :happy: I want to know therapists better so i can gain a better understanding.
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I have a master's in clinical psychology, so here's my take.

1. Bachelor in psych is like a bachelor in biology - you've learned some stuff in the field but you can't really do anything of substance with the degree. Master's level counselors (e.g. LPC, MSW) are your typical talk therapy practitioners. Master's in psychology might be able to get licensed as a Psychological Associate in some states (like a PA in psychology). The term "therapist" is not protected, so technically anyone can market as a therapist regardless of degree. But from a professional standpoint, a true therapist is licensed at a Master's/Doctoral level (PhD) to provide counseling and/or psych testing.

2. Perhaps better at recognizing why people behave a certain way. Probably have better than average communication skills. With that said, I've met some arrogant, clueless, and socially awkward psychologists.

3. Totally depends but not a rule by any means

4. Emotional maturity

5. "Oh you're a psychologist? So you've already got me figured out? I bet you're analyzing everything I'm saying..." :bang:
 
That was very helpful. Thankyou!

I think I have more questions lining up. Dont mind me asking.
I know more of the answers are going to be 'it depends'.. I am sure there are familiar qualities that are common.
1. Are therapist generally better at adapting? Are they more independent?
2. Are they actually more in need of communication, talking and expressing - more than the average?


I think id like to hear ANYTHING who wants to just mention about what therapists/pscyhologists are like!
Any input will be great.
 
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I am going to remove that. It was inappropriate. Apologies.
I dont know any therapists.

It would be nice to know more about them.
 
@OrthoTraumaMD - I am thinking the same. Therapist would run away from me fast!
It makes me feel like not to ever open up to her, express or anything. I am too weird, twisted and strange lol. Scared of removing the happy - everything ok mask
 
RogerDOC said:
My wife is a psychologist. Like most people when she leaves work, she leaves work. But it is one of the more annoying thing she hears when she meets new people "ohh a psychologist? So you're going to figure me out and get in my brain??"
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She should just tell people she's a social worker. Even the people who were really interested almost all suddenly stopped asking stupid questions after 1 or 2 of the more tragic stories. Then again that may not be the best approach if you're just meeting those people for the first time...

aprilfools said:
Let me get this straight. You want someone to generalize as to whether or not psychologists are better in bed?







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Can we extend that generalization to psychiatrists and future psychiatrists as well? 😉
 
@pukefelder2017 - Yes you are right. That was offensive. I apologized.
 
RogerDOC said:
My wife is a psychologist. Like most people when she leaves work, she leaves work. But it is one of the more annoying thing she hears when she meets new people "ohh a psychologist? So you're going to figure me out and get in my brain??"
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When I decided I wanted to become a psychiatrist, I quickly realized that there was a category of remarks from people in response to which I had to simply smile and laugh even though they really were not funny. These have come from random people as well as certain members of my extended family. They include:

"Oh, so when can we get an appointment?"
"So what do you think is wrong with me/my ex/my mother?"
"I guess I should be careful what I say."
"So you're going to figure me out."

I find it very annoying but the only polite thing you can do is smile and laugh.
 
sloop said:
When I decided I wanted to become a psychiatrist, I quickly realized that there was a category of remarks from people in response to which I had to simply smile and laugh even though they really were not funny. These have come from random people as well as certain members of my extended family. They include:

"Oh, so when can we get an appointment?"
"So what do you think is wrong with me/my ex/my mother?"
"I guess I should be careful what I say."
"So you're going to figure me out."

I find it very annoying but the only polite thing you can do is smile and laugh.
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It's funny. You just don't get it because you're a psychiatrist.
 
PhysMatMan said:
It's funny. You just don't get it because you're a psychiatrist.
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This stuff stops being funny when you've heard it as much as I have. It's also not that funny to begin with as the whole joke is basically "isn't it funny that you work with crazy people?"
 
sloop said:
This stuff stops being funny when you've heard it as much as I have. It's also not that funny to begin with as the whole joke is basically "isn't it funny that you work with crazy people?"
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The joke is more that the line between normal people and crazy people is sometimes hard to define. Since you're a psychiatrist, people make the joke that you might see regular people as crazy. The idea is humourous because there is an element of truth that makes everyone at least subconsciously uncomfortable with their own sanity. Added on to this is the undercurrent of mental illness in psychiatrists themselves, which means they can never escape their words being seen to have double meaning for comedic effect. It is not perhaps laugh-out-loud funny, but it is certainly an incongruous juxtaposition of ideas and connotations, especially when taken to darker corners of the psyche.

Edit: Do you see how funny it is now?
 
PhysMatMan said:
The joke is more that the line between normal people and crazy people is sometimes hard to define. Since you're a psychiatrist, people make the joke that you might see regular people as crazy. The idea is humourous because there is an element of truth that makes everyone at least subconsciously uncomfortable with their own sanity. Added on to this is the undercurrent of mental illness in psychiatrists themselves, which means they can never escape their words being seen to have double meaning for comedic effect. It is not perhaps laugh-out-loud funny, but it is certainly an incongruous juxtaposition of ideas and connotations, especially when taken to darker corners of the psyche.

Edit: Do you see how funny it is now?
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But... this is not how psychiatrists work.

I mean, I guess it's funny if you have zero idea of what practicing psychiatry actually is, but the trope of mental health practitioners (either psychiatrists or psychologists) being endowed with some special power that allows them to extract meaning from seemingly benign behaviors/words gets old after a while. People are so clueless with respect to what we actually do that a sizeable portion of the population actually believes that we can read minds (this has been found in studies exploring stigma). Surprisingly, this also seems to include healthcare providers in my experiences on consult services.

It's only funny if you're in on the joke, i.e., have no idea what mental health is about or how we diagnose and treat our patients. It's a joke born from such a level of cluelessness that it's annoying.
 
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