Discussion Does this guy's bio make him sound like a dick or... what? Sanity check

[curiouscvnt]

i quote-- and think twice about exposing the name, please. i decided to leave in verbatim:

"Psychiatry is an intellectually stimulating career in which you can assist people in achieving their personal best. After collecting your initial history, I will provide you with a diagnostic understanding of your situation, taking into account both biological and environmental contributing factors. Specific treatment recommendations will provide you with a plan to improve your quality of life. When there are multiple effective treatment options available, I let patients participate in the decision-making process by educating them about acceptable available choices. My overall goal is to help you feel better as soon as possible. In my spare time, I enjoy skiing, playing the piano and guitar and watching the Chargers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. I also enjoy spending time with my family."

i find that reading this already makes me feel condescended to. For someone who is purportedly helping another adult individual improve their quality of life, the author already seems to have a rather poor perspective on that individual's ability to communicate as an equal with them. To me there is something utterly repulsive and terrifying about the deliberate inequality of such a dynamic (in this case, Western medicine psychotherapy in the United States). What do you think?

i am curious to know whether someone else really disagrees / what they might think of me for saying that i feel this way. Am i just really not recovered at all, according to whatever definition of 'recovered' you use?

 

[pauly369]

He sounds like a typical Narcissist, thereby he is actually in need of therapy himself.

 

[curiouscvnt]

like my kink for domination and denigration is currently satisfied otherwise; i am looking for someone to help me be less of an asshole to myself and others by way of emotional dysfunction/loneliness.

 

[CatLvr]

Like you, his unwillingness to let the patient participate in the development of their treatment plan bugs me. Another thing that raised an eyebrow for me was the importance (or actually the lack thereof) of his family to him. The way he threw them in as an afterthought makes me wonder if he even knows his kids' names?? (That's assuming he has any, of course.)