Why I Quit Being a Therapist – Six Reasons by Daniel Mackler

I was a psychotherapist in New York for ten years. I’ve often been asked my reasons for ending my therapy practice, and here they are. I touch on the subjects of the screwed-up mental health system, the unscientific nature of diagnosis and psychiatric medications, the stress of working with traumatized clients, vicarious trauma in the therapist, payments and awful insurance companies, the exhausting nature of the work, the heavy responsibility, pressure to use force on clients (which I never did), and professional liability, to name a few… A few extra notes: Some people have asked that I explain why I said that I think children don’t belong in therapy, so I made a video on the subject: • Why Children Don’… Also, I said in this video that I didn’t work with children in therapy, which I didn’t, but in a different video I mentioned that I did work with children. Well, I did work with children — just not in therapy. I worked with them in other contexts, like teaching and also as a musician.

Thanks for reading this! -Daniel
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