Everybody has “mental issues” as you put it. Some deal with them better than others. A good psychologist can help, regardless of political persuasion. A bad psychologist is like a bad plumber - get ‘em out of there before they cause too much damage.
Most psychologists are liberal because of academic orthodoxy,and its rigorous requirements. Psychologists in the public sector (VAs, academia) are far more liberal than private sector psychologists who deal with reality on a day-to-day basis.
-25 years a conservative libertarian psychologist who mostly keeps his mouth shut in professional circles.
Most psychologists are liberal because of academic orthodoxy,and its rigorous requirements. Psychologists in the public sector (VAs, academia) are far more liberal than private sector psychologists who deal with reality on a day-to-day basis.
I'm sorry, I should have been more precise. By "mental issues," I did not mean the many quirks of human behavior which fall within the range of what I consider "normal." (Many of which are listed in the DSM-whatever they're up to these days.) I was, rather, thinking of bona fide mental disorders.
I'm curious as to why academic orthodoxy and its rigorous requirements should cause a preponderance of liberals in the profession. My experience with true academic pursuit is that the necessary foundation in logic and rational thought precludes those who are incapable of that level of thought from participating. But then, I'm a scientist--which, at its purest, is an extremely literal and rational profession.
ouch — sounds like you have had to be “undercover” for a long time! Is the comparison that the guy wrote about (see my comment 1) true then?