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WCDT Strips 3661-3665 (22nd to 26th January 2018)
dutchrvl:
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--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 25 Jan 2018, 11:39 ---f it was Amanda asking the same questions, this wouldn't be an issue.
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But Amanda doesn't aspire to licensure as a clinical psychologist. Even if nothing ultimately came of it, even if it was logged out as unfounded and the malicious action of a jealous busy-body, the sort of attention a complaint would generate is seldom if ever welcome.
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I am really, really confused as to what the issue is here. Evie hasn't diagnosed Faye, hasn't pathologised her, hasn't prescribed any therapy or medication. She has just asked a question. It's like saying a doctor would be risking their career if they asked a friend "how are you feeling?". I know there are huge ethical issues around analysing or doing any kind of work with anyone without their knowledge or consent, I do. But I just cannot see any way in which Evie might be violating proffesional boundaries here.
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^This. I am seriously baffled sometimes by analysis taking place on this forum going overboard.
So far all Evie has done is ask questions that, while more intrusive than I would appreciate, are not at all out of the ordinary for normal conversation.
Cornelius:
I don't see anything wrong with what she's doing here, either, really. My only concern is if she should turn it into a case study, but as I said before, I think that is very unlikely.
If asking this kind of questions of your acquaintances is liable to get aspiring psychologists blacklisted, I feel pretty confident that very quickly there would be a shortage of psychologists.
Is she, in fact, practicing here?
There's a difference between practicing medicine, or law, or what have you, and using techniques you glean from your profession in your daily life. And, as such, if asking questions in this way is this specific, I know quite a few people who must be equally censured, despite having no formal training in psychology whatsoever.
As I noted before, without the context, outside the box, and any other character, would this be a problem?
Tova:
You're all jumping to conclusions about where Evie is going with this, if anywhere.
You need to set aside your readers' omniscience again.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 25 Jan 2018, 06:22 ---If Evie is going there (no evidence she is) she damn well better get Faye and Bubbles to give explicit verbal consent, as soon as possible and ideally an hour ago.
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Yes, this I agree with.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: Tova on 25 Jan 2018, 13:13 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 25 Jan 2018, 06:22 ---If Evie is going there (no evidence she is) she damn well better get Faye and Bubbles to give explicit verbal consent, as soon as possible and ideally an hour ago.
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Yes, this I agree with.
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To be fair, me too. If she *does* turn this into an academic exercise, I agree she is way out of line. I just don't see that as having happened yet.
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