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  • Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners

    Why do I feel so uncomfortable meeting my psychologist on the street?

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    Quote from a movie, so it must be common: “I don't want to see a psychologist. You see them once and then you spend the rest of your life hoping that you don't meet them on the street.”
    Discuss - why and what to do about it.
    Seriously, if it wasn't so serious it would be funny.
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  • Anonymous

    It is funny.

    A psychologist hears so many stories that there is a good chance that he/she would not remember them seeing a person out of context on the street. It is all in our heads. 

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  • Anonymous

    Sorry, I think that response is totally incorrect- perhaps designed to make someone feel better, but untrue. Sort of like the response that my mother gave me when I confided to her that I was scared that I would have an erection in the tram. She responded that nobody would notice……and yes….It's all in our heads!

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