On Apr 16, 9:08*am, OmDeFlume wrote:
On 4/16/2011 9:17 AM, George C. Boater wrote:





* * *Did you spend a year as a line psychotherapist at a 650-bed
state
* * *hospital for forensic patients?
* * *Did you spend a year as senior psychotherapist at a county
facility for
* * *substance abusers?
* * *Did you spend two years as chief of therapy at a private, 200-
bed
* * *facility for the mentally and emotionally ill, at which
approximately
* * *half the patients were trying to beat drugs or alcohol?
* * *Are you currently chief of therapy for a for a multi-
practitioner
* * *practice of some 825 patients, about a third of which are
seeking help
* * *for substance abuse problems?

* * *Licensed psychotherapist
* * *Screening as to character and background for each degree earned
* * *On-going screening by faculty while in educational system
* * *Interviews and screenings for required years of internships,
plus,
* *at the same
* * *time, supervision by a licensed professional.
* * *Close professional and personal supervision by a licensed
therapist *for two years
* * *of employment before being allowed to apply for licensure
* * *Licensure background check, submission of recommendations by
licensed
* * *practitioners
* * *Four hour written examination on state laws
* * *Five hour written examination on diagnosis, procedure and
practice

* * *My wife went through this before becoming licensed. Her final
internship was as a
* * *psychotherapist at a 600-bed high security state psychiatric
hospital where, on a
* * *daily basis, she was exposed to more danger than your average
soldier.

* * *My wife worked for a year as psychotherapist in a Florida 600-
bed
state
* * *mental institution for forensic patients. She saw and treated
numerous
* * *sexual deviants who do a bit more than expose themselves. *Such
"treatment"
* * *is part of being in the mental health professions.
She is a licensed, practicing
* * *psychotherapist and often tells me I am the sanest person she
sees
each

Now you know why the brick stackers union hired her to babysit their
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By some counts, she has 4 doctorates. Well qualified for the brick
stackers.