What really bothers me about the therapist types is the way they do connect things.
As strange as it may seem, my previous post in this thread, that's only the third time, ever, I've ever mentioned that sexual assault.
In the early 80s, there was a notion going around that men who were sexually assaulted as children are more likely to sexually assault children themselves. This was backed, at the time, with a list of convicted child molestors who claimed they had been sexually assaulted as children.
I did and still, take it as offensive in the extreme, the suggestion that I would ever create the consequences for any child, that affected me. (What I really feel about that, sadly, there are no words in the English language to properly describe it),
That notion was quietly pushed to be background some years later. But I recall, when I was nursing, attending a course on sexual abuse, hearing a smart young thing saying she thought there was a connection.
I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned they only need to know enough to massage their egos so they will allow you to get the the next stage.
I have personal and professional experiences that, in my opinion, demonstrate that these people are just a bunch of box tickers.
I also believe that a very large number are turned on from hearing sexual details.
We, as a society, made the mistake before, of assuming that it is possible to create a profession of worthies to whom we can grant complete trust. It took a reformation, almost 500 years ago, to get rid of them.
Now we are blindly walking back into the same trap. But this time, without any doctrinal basis.
