<p>Psychology:</p>
<p>-No, it is not a fluff major. You take Statistical Methods, Experimental, Test and Measurement, Cognitive Psychology, and Physiological Psychology and THEN you can speak.</p>
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<li><p>No, not everyone, or even most people, are mentally ill. They may have some abnormal behaviors or thought processes, but not everyone has some mental disorder.</p></li>
<li><p>No, I cannot diagnose you. See me in 8 years when I can at $150 an hour (lol…yes, I always say this…)</p></li>
<li><p>Crazy is NOT a Psychological term, nor is anyone “crazy” or a “nut case” or a “whack job”…do not use these terms in front of a psych major…we will correct your vocabulary!</p></li>
<li><p>I do not want to be a Psychiatrist. I do not care about prescribing medicine…I do not want to go to med school. I want to help clients correct abnormal behavior and thought processes so that they get better through psychotherapy…not just write scripts all day. If they might be a candidate for drug therapy, I will then refer them to a Psychiatrist. (I always get asked why become a Psychologist over a Psychiatrist who makes more money…)</p></li>
<li><p>I am not in the field for the money. I highly doubt any of us are.</p></li>
<li><p>No I cannot “pick your brain”.</p></li>
<li><p>And for the last time…I cannot diagnose you, your family, or you friend. Quit asking. I am not a clinician.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, a lot of us are in the field because we have “something wrong with us”. There is a high chance that either we have been in therapy or have someone close to us that has. That is what usually motivates us to go into the field. That does not make us any less competant in the field…in fact, it likely makes us more competant and empathetic.</p></li>
<li><p>No, I am not a Freudian. He is respected in the field of psychoanalysis, but what he has done is taken with a grain of salt and is taught as a theory. We do not all believe that your childhood has been ruined by your parents and you will have to be in therapy for the rest of your life to correct it. Nor do we believe that you “want” your mother/father (whichever is applicable).</p></li>
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