Psychiatry Play Showing Audiences Professionals have Care Needs Too
January 21st, 2010
Professional therapy and other mental health services for those who work in the field and treat clients has been continually pinpointed as an important part of any professional’s career, yet some practitioners are bound to take the suggestion less seriously than others. In Des Moines, Iowa, a play currently showing entitled “Flutter the Dovecotes” is helping to show, if in a comical way, that mental health workers sometimes face difficulties that could greatly benefit from care. The play, written by a local psychologist, has received a warm reception.
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I am a counselor in training and find it highly important that therapists have their own personal therapy. Even while training! Yes the theory behind approaches is very important but nothing can give you insight into the counselor/client relationship like the relationship itself… and that includes being a client/patient too.
I worked on a therapy unit at a hospital. Believe me some of those most in need were those of us who worked there!
its not like a professional cannot have a problem himself.in fact,they may delay the process of seeking help because they tell themselves that they know things and may end up being a little too complacent!
Psychiatry professionals deal with so many people with problems and need to keep up with a lot of cases simultaneous and each of these cases is more complex than the other. This is bound to have an effect on the professionals as they are brought under the pressure of all the problems of each of their patients. This could prove to be fatal if they do not monitor themselves for problems.
This is such an important step. Too ofteb I think that people think that those counselors who help them have to be perfect in every way and that is not the cae- they have problems and issues just like the rest of us do but they are expected to handle them better than we do? Why? They are human, with the same emotions and feelings that we have, and just like everyone else sometimes need help getting through the bad days. Hopefully plays and portrayals like this will open the eyes of those who tend to think otherwise and will make it more socially acceptable for those who give treatment to feel ok with sekeing it for themselves from time to time.
Nobody is immune of any issue,whether it is physical or mental… the rules are the same for anybody,whether they are a professional themselves or not…
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