by Mickey mouse 13 Replies latest watchtower medical
"...many others with no professional qualifications practice without supervision as counselors or therapists.
Just as Elders 'counsel' with no formal/professional qualifications? Yet JWs find this perfectly acceptable...the WT claims to hold the remedy for 'depression', yet counting all the people I know/have known who have suffered/do suffer from any kind of 'mental illness', the JWs FAR outweigh the non-JWs.
I have read the article in context on the c/d rom, and I have to say that I can find little wrong with it, apart from a misplaced confidence in their own elders to be able or willing to help the depressed souls...You would be very lucky to find one that could say the right things...
They do acknowledge the need for professional therapy.
the physician, upon request, may recommend a mental-health professional. What then? As stated, this is a decision each individual must weigh for himself. Others should not criticize or judge.
Apart from a few busybody sisters I have not known any one try to dissuade a witness from accepting Psychiatric treatment, certainly not the elders..The note of caution is not misplaced, there are many rubbish counselors out there.
I wonder if attitudes are different over here?
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To be fair, there is a side to seeking "professional"help that is potentially dangerous - especially if the service providers are not well trained (but speak as if they are) and are not registered practitioners. In my work, I see people who have entrusted their problems to a professional who hasput them througha lot of substandard procedures. The people have no recourse because the practitioners do not belong to a registered body. Buyer beware.
"It should be mentioned, too, that while psychiatrists and psychologists have professional, postgraduate degrees, many others with no professional qualifications practice without supervision as counselors or therapists. Some individuals have spent a lot of money consulting such unqualified people."
No Kidding!!! And what about those in the KH, such as elders who set themselves up as confessors and advisers? Their armchair, no license psychological practice has harmed countless witnesses who have come to them seeking help! disgusting.
