Would any company like this really maintain an in-house psychologist. Who would be honest with her knowing that she talks to everyone else there including the boss. Does this seem as ridiculous to you as it does to me?
shareOnly if you assume she would be willing to lose her professional licensing
shareMost psychologists/psychiatrists have two doors or time separate patients so that they do not ever see each other. Here Axe just feels free to barge in in the middle of someone's session. I think it is ridiculous, way too many conflicts of interests or possible legal issues. Especially ridiculous that the psych- is the wife of the state's prosecutor.
shareObviously, the Mrs Prosecutor angle is unlikely in real life, but it forms an important part of this shows dynamic.
I was just responding to the in house psychiatrist question.
Any divulging of patient information could lead to her being stripped of her credentials....so, you would only be scared of her telling your secrets if you felt she didn't care about that.
She's acting in the private sector. She wouldn't be bound by the laws/ethics as a public practice would.
shareNot true.
To legally practice psychiatry you have to be licensed and certified by the Board of Psychiatry. This is just as true when you work in the private sector as anywhere else.
Breaching client confidentiality is a sure way to get your license suspended wherever you practice.
Yes, this seems the most out there concept. I imagine some stressful workplaces with tons of resources (like Google) might have therapists on site where employees can go get some mental health coaching or relief from stress. I see them like high school counselors, not like real psychiatrists who treat patients with diagnosable disorders.
shareI used to work in financial services and yes, it's not as odd as you might think for them to have a therapist on retainer. In the cases I know, though, the therapist was someone who had a private practice, had a separate office, people made their appointments privately and management *never* knew what happened in the sessions.
I don't find it hard to believe a firm like that would have a shrink in the building but they would need to set up some crazy kind of set up so that no one else could see who was coming or going.
in other words ... no. with these type of people they better install in house call-girls and drug-dealers.
shareAnd dwarves, as you only seem to use "the Wolf of Wall Street" for reference.
shareRalph, you are being a jerk.
Watch the documentary "Inside Job" about what brought about
the 2008 economic meltdown. That is actually where there is a
whole section about how the brains of the MEN in particular, in
the financial industry work. In fact one does not even need to
reference movies and documentaries about this, it is in the media,
the papers, popular culture and elsewhere.
I would not have even said anything about this, but you used the
world "only" in an insulting condescending way when in fact you
don't know diddly about me, or apparently about the personality
types in the financial industry. What does it gain you to be such
prick anyway? Considering how inferior you are in understanding,
does being arrogant and unpleasant help you to feel better about
that?
I think she's fascinating and sexy. But she gets beat up to. It makes all the sense in the world that hedge funds with billions on the line would have a performance coach. Her pop psychology is amazing and entertaining. It's not deep analysis.
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