LostInSpace wrote:
donkey wrote:
my immediate reaction is to say that the therapist is preventing you from getting a diagnosis from a shrink to avoid losing couch time with you. ( and money)
Or he could actually be concerned about the repercussions of diagnosis for the patient. Some therapists actually *do* have their patient's best interests at heart, you know. My parents for instance (both psychologists), were concerned about the effect of the insurance company finding out that my diagnosis had involved a differential between NLD and AS (they didn't want the insurance company hearing the words Asperger syndrome). Were my parents being compensated in any way for giving that advice? Definitely not. They weren't treating or diagnosing me for one thing (they don't have the expertise to diagnose NLD), and wouldn't have charged me even if they were.
It just goes to show that therapists may have reasons for advising against an official diagnosis *other* than cupidity, despite the fact that people on this board love to hate on therapists. I find this extremely annoying because I've known a *lot* of psychologists (it happens when most of your parents' friends are psychologists), and all of them are intelligent, caring people who only want the best for their patients. They are not money-grubbing half-wits like many people here seem to believe.
some therapists is a lose term as anyone these days can call tehmselves therapists.
this is my point, i am pushing to see a psychologist away from a "therapist."
and if i saw any professional who chose to withold a diagnosis from me for my "benefit"
then i would be very annoyed.
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