Originally Posted by
Crown
they suffer because therapy is such a stigma in our profession. The stigma is simple: talk to a therapist, your career is over. Full stop. Rick, you essentially said as much down below. That it's better to do a Google search and try to make yourself feel better.
Not every therapist is going to immediately diagnose you with some sort of mental disorder and prescribe you an SSRI.
If you need to talk to someone, GO TALK TO SOMEONE! Most therapists are there to listen, help you tap into what you're unable to tap into yourself, and give you tools to succeed in handling the day to day problems that our society has cultivated, pushed, and now are prevalent in our world.
Absolutely. Yes.
More abundance of caution than stigma I suggest. Can’t have erratic behavior, episodes or fits at the control panel. Revealing a perceived psychological imbalance exists, however slight, is grounds for suspicion. In a society where folks don’t blink at coverage of another sociopath wiping out shoppers at Walmart, can you blame them? Of course confessional privilege extended to professional healthcare counselors is something many if not all will support.