Posted by Dinah on February 1, 2007, at 16:34:55
In reply to 'Not always a cry for help' -, posted by one woman cine on January 29, 2007, at 13:01:30
I've had mental health professionals who seemed to have similar theories about client motivations. *I* had the freedom to choose those who had theories more like Linehan's, if they had general theories at all. If I really had my preference, a clinician would listen to an individual client and keep their general theories in mind only as potential blind spots.
I would hope that universities would accept that a student is in treatment without forcing them into *their* treatment. I think I'd raise a fuss if a child of mine chose to go to a university who insisted that university mental health services be utilized.
Of course, university mental health services cause me concerns on a few levels. Mainly I've seen that people develop good therapeutic relationships and then seen them artificially severed at graduation. That would concern me a lot too.
Therapist's aren't washing machines. You just can't turn yours in with your dorm room when you happen to graduate and redecorate once you move off campus.
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