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To think therapists are mostly charlatans?

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BlueJuniper94 · 18/02/2026 21:51

I've heard in real life of people who have made radical decisions/changes in their lives because of what a "therapist" has said to them. Things that have surprised me as it seems outside the scope of what I thought therapists are there to do (although it's perhaps not entirely clear what that is now).

Today I was listening to woman's hour where a woman being interviewed about her husband walking out on her and her kids tried to keep it from them for a month as per her therapists advice which she said looking back was the wrong thing to do. I am surely this therapist was handsomely paid nonetheless. Aibu?

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JacknDiane · 01/08/2026 09:53

Placemarking to read later

Daffosils · 03/08/2026 09:58

I think it’s like any profession - many are mediocre, some are completely in the wrong profession but will stay in it, some are amazing and some are harmful.

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