Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: self-actualization Message-ID: <682@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:43:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.682 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:43:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:03:00 EDT References: <1744@reed.UUCP> <621@ttidcc.UUCP> <1680@hao.UUCP> <313@tove.UUCP> <1690@hao.UUCP> <3124@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 41 Summary: In article <3124@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Laurie Sefton, C/O chuqui) writes: >The moral of the story, boys and girls, is that there is more than one >viewpoint in psychology, and while one school may say that you need therapy >only when you have a disorder, others might feel that you should have it >whenever you want to have psychological growth. Also-- (and Mr. Hollombe, >correct me if I'm wrong) don't PhD students in Clinical have to go through >psychoanalysis?? > >Laurie Sefton I loved the rest of your article (which I've left out for brevity). It brought back many memories and much nostalgia. I have my own set of wierd tales about wierd professors. (They seemed to get a little more stable at the graduate level, or maybe I just got used to them by then (-: ). However, since you asked, the answer is no, Ph.D. students aren't _required_ to go through psychoanalysis, or any other kind of psychotherapy, though it's usually highly recommended (up to 500 hours of personal therapy can count towards the total internship hours required). _Psychoanalysts_ are required to go through psychoanalysis to become psychoanalysts (a long and expensive process which partly explains why they charge so much which, in turn, creates a vicious spiral of inflation (-: ). Being a psychoanalyst isn't technically an academic degree. Most psychoanalytic institutes require an M.D. or Ph.D. in psych for admittance and what they teach is strictly psychoanalysis. Not many people bother to become psychoanalysts any more because, given the state of the economy and the current disfavor of Freud's theories, not many people can afford to pay their fees. Shut up, Jerry. You're lecturing again. Sorry. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe