On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:36:40 -0500, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:

>
>Hmm, I thought the observation was that it is too late. Or the
>observation of the facts that lead to you having that belief.
>

No it is only an opinion (I have a black belt in nitpicking :)


>> Some people say that modern society is changing too fast for us to adapt to it
>> safely. I think that this has a kernel of truth. The demise of the nuclear
>> family plays a part.
>> 
>
>Is that the demise of the family with regard to single parents and
>non-traditional families, or the other movement to return to large
>extended families?
>
 nuclear family = traditional extended families

>100$ an hour seems to be the going rate here. 

That is almost as much as I make :)
And I don't mess peoples minds :)

>Insurance companies can
>dictate what they will pay, but make doctors charge the same thing to
>everyone and therefor dictate what the uninsured pay too. Screwed up
>system. 100$ a month for a one hour session, or the latest 45$ a month
>pill, or an older pill at 8$ a month?
>

And our NHS is going private. Thanks for the warning

>No argument from me on the first part. It would be a lot cheaper for
>society. The second one, though . . .
>
>I don't think counseling is about getting a person 'over' an event or an
>issue. When you have a tough math problem, that you have no idea how to
>solve, you don't 'get over it.' You study, learn what the notation
>means, figure out how the problem is expressed, and then work through it
>step by step. What do you do with a problem in life that you have no
>frame of reference for how to solve?

I wonder if we are talking about the same thing? Maybe my understanding of
counsellors is different from yours. (Two countries separated by a common
language and all that.) I am talking about non medical people i.e. not
psychiatrists. I don't think that you can really compare mental health problems
with maths problems. But then I see the world as a simple place, things happen
and a lot of them are bad. Life goes on or else it doesn't. But then I've never
been clinically depressed only very dumped so maybe I'm lucky or just don't have
enough imagination.

Regards
	Stephen

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