In a message dated 12/29/00 11:51:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> insitutes" is that it offers them a chance to change their title from social
> worker to psychoanalyst. They practice "psychoanalysis" out of their
> husbands'
> offices in the evening, charging much less than the going rate, as they
> have no
> overhead and their spousal support limits their monetary needs.  This type
> has
> little interest in psychoanalysis as a body of knowledge, nor do they care
> about
> controversies or criticisms. They also have little to no experience working
> with
> severe mental illnesses, which should be a part of every therapist's
> training.
> There are non-social workers about whom the above is equally true.
>
>

Oh, so right, in addition to having relations with and/or marrying the
psychiatrists who then sponser them for the institutes and share their own
patients confidential records with these pseudo-analysts. This demeans the
lay analysts who have worked hard to achieve the title of "analyst" without
such relationships!