I have the weirdest mixed feelings about it. I love what I do, and I consider myself good at it, but I hate that I have to do it. I only work in my field because someone has trouble. I don't want anyone to have trouble. I wish I could make it all go away. And because most of what I do (not the woman in this post) is psychotherapy, I have to work really hard. It would be mindlessly easy just to write prescriptions, but they rarely accomplish the goal.
And as proud of my work as I am, which it took me decades to admit (google.com: Alfred G Jonas MD), I hate doctors and the medical field, because it's just about money, and not about getting people better. I had one review from someone who said I wasn't aiming for endless therapy sessions. I said I didn't want him to have endless therapy sessions: I wanted us to resolve the issue, so he could fire me. That's what I like: the patient can manage well enough, and doesn't need me any more.
Aren't we all. I'm dying sooner than most, and not as soon as others. In the meantime, my patients are my main reason to wake up every morning. You all are in trouble when the last of the old-timers like me finish dying off. You'll get some reprieve if I can talk to Congresspeople, and they'll clean up this mess, and if my patient who's a psychiatric resident turns out to be good. I'll try with her. For now, I'm just modeling how to do this, but she told me she wants extra training in psychotherapy, will need a mentor, and asked if I'd do that. I told her I would.
Words of wisdom from one who knows the failings of the medical industry as well as anybody.
I have the weirdest mixed feelings about it. I love what I do, and I consider myself good at it, but I hate that I have to do it. I only work in my field because someone has trouble. I don't want anyone to have trouble. I wish I could make it all go away. And because most of what I do (not the woman in this post) is psychotherapy, I have to work really hard. It would be mindlessly easy just to write prescriptions, but they rarely accomplish the goal.
And as proud of my work as I am, which it took me decades to admit (google.com: Alfred G Jonas MD), I hate doctors and the medical field, because it's just about money, and not about getting people better. I had one review from someone who said I wasn't aiming for endless therapy sessions. I said I didn't want him to have endless therapy sessions: I wanted us to resolve the issue, so he could fire me. That's what I like: the patient can manage well enough, and doesn't need me any more.
She couldn’t possibly do better.
Says a whole lot about you Fred. You’re a dying breed.
Aren't we all. I'm dying sooner than most, and not as soon as others. In the meantime, my patients are my main reason to wake up every morning. You all are in trouble when the last of the old-timers like me finish dying off. You'll get some reprieve if I can talk to Congresspeople, and they'll clean up this mess, and if my patient who's a psychiatric resident turns out to be good. I'll try with her. For now, I'm just modeling how to do this, but she told me she wants extra training in psychotherapy, will need a mentor, and asked if I'd do that. I told her I would.