I've worked with lots of super-smart kids who have been told repeatedly how brilliant they are (and they know it, because most things come really easily to them), and by first grade - even kindergarten sometimes - some of the *already* won't even try tasks they fear will be difficult, due to a fear that they won't…

That would have been AMAZING. I am so sick of seeing everyone's ultrasound pictures on my FB feed. I love my friends, I am thrilled for them when they get pregnant, but I do not need to see the inside of anyone else's uterus (and by the way, I'm sorry, but I think most ultrasounds look pretty much the same - and I…

I don't know how to post gifs and I'm on my phone and suck at kinja, but I just want to say I am so sorry. Your post had me in tears. My pup is like a child to me (pretty sure he thinks he's a human child), and I could hear and feel your heartbreak in your post, and I just want to send you my thoughts. It sounds like…

I mean, I know what all of those words mean separately...

Ugh, yes! Between the tax and the shipping and alterations... all told, that horrible thing was nearly $600. Which means that I've actually hesitated to donate it because I spent so damn much on it (and have a weird idea that I'll find some way to use it), but I have this freaking unflattering full-length…

Absolutely! She wakes up screaming, woke up choking Titus, in that early episode where Jacqueline set her up with the old guy (who also has traumatic flashbacks, by the way) she tells him she woke up in the shower with a knife ("what had I done with it?") - and also, to her credit, asks Jacqueline if therapy is…

I feel you on that dress - I had to buy a $400 Vera Wang bridesmaid dress to be in a relative's wedding... thanks to the fact that I have boobs, according to their sizes I should have been like 7 feet tall and then it cost me over $100 to alter the damn thing, too. At least it was in a color that made me look like…

You are awesome for your forethought. That is phenomenal.

Oh my gosh, I was remembering so much about my AMAZING wildlife filled ceremony and am sitting here eating an amazing lentil stew that I made my hand-crafted hand-me-down cast iron pots with organic sweet potatoes that I canned myself from my garden last fall (made with lentil-based fertilizer, obviously), and I got…

Yes, but did your goat sew your veil? And did the cheese on the cheese platter come from that same goat's milk? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT MY WEDDING.

I'm hoping you forwarded this to the people who administer the program. If they're going to do this, let's hope they take an interest in making the program decent. Let's hope.

Yeah, he did earn the "Dr." part (and, unfortunately, if you earn the doctorate, you do earn the title of "Dr."), but it's upsetting that the state of California's psychology licensing board decided that he didn't need to be licensed there because what he does is "entertainment," and because he claims that he's "made…

Look, I'm not saying that people shouldn't focus on Nick Gordon here, and I'm glad he's getting treatment. It's good that Dr. Phil helped to facilitate that. It was in a ridiculous, backward, exploitative way, and I think it was absolutely shameful and horrible and irresponsible, as the airing of this could quite…

Ugh, I don't know if I knew about that at the time. Such a jerk. Seriously. He claims he's made it clear that he's an entertainer and he's not practicing psychology, but yeah, right, let's ask the general public what he does for a living and let's see how clear he's actually been. It's true that HIPAA applies to…

Doctorate in clinical psych here. We definitely had ethics courses as part of our graduate work - I'm pretty sure it's required for APA accreditation. Also, different states have different standards in general for their licensure/continuing ed/etc., but where I am, out of the continuing ed required to maintain your…

Yeah, Dr. Phil gives the rest of us a bad name. I think lots of people in the mental health field have seen people come into therapy feeling nervous about it because they think it's going to be like Dr. Phil or Girl, Interrupted. It's a wonder so many people make it into therapy at all.

Honestly. He's a disgrace. And claims what he's doing is entertainment so he doesn't need to be licensed... riiiight. Like that excuses him from being a despicable human being.

Well, no, he's not doing anything that's going to get him sued - but he's not currently treating patients. And being licensed is actually a requirement for treating patients. There are requirements for maintaining a license, and they are nothing to sneeze at (having just gone through them myself, albeit in a…

I took the original poster's comment as sarcasm - "the planet is FakePhysician" and lumping him in with the group - not as saying that Dr. Phil was passing himself off as a physician, actually. As much as I dislike the guy, I don't think he's ever passed himself off as a physician. At least as far as I know. I am…

Yes. In a congressional hearing.