Originally posted by: Deviant_Pixel
Yeah, I’m super surprised this therapist opened his entire history without any police request. No wonder people in desi communities are hesitant to go to mental health professionals (not all).
I went to school in Dubai and we had a counsellor who used to gossip about every student’s personal life and family troubles with all the teachers, so messed up! Guess in Asia in general people have no concept of confidentiality.
You are 100% right. I have had 2 therapists who bitched about me to others, gossiped about me and made me feel ashamed to see help. Indian ones are totally unethical and unprofessional and they forget they can ve sued for violating confidentiality. Prime reason why people hesitate to share their issues in India or even join online forums or support groups is this stigma against mental health in general and using it to target person and question their sanity and slander them.
They even judge you for buying books on mental health or following pages on mental health online.
No wonder people hesitate to admit there are issues. Or feel ashamed or their issues are used against them. Asians mock psychology all the time and we have most unethical unprofessional therapists here.
I wish SSR family had set precedent for others by suing the shit out of Barkha Dutt and that unethical therapist who barked about SSR in media.
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