Psychologists and massage therapists are reporting ‘Trump anxiety’ among clients

[n2doc]

To the catalogue of anxieties her patients explore during therapy — marriage, children, and careers — psychologist Alison Howard is now listening to a new source of stress: the political rise of Donald Trump.

In recent days, at least two patients have invoked the Republican front-runner, including one who talked at length about being disturbed that Trump can be so divisive and popular at the same time, said Howard, who practices in the District.

What had happened to Trump during his childhood, the patient wanted to know, to make him such a “bad person?”

“He has stirred people up,” Howard said. “We’ve been told our whole lives not to say bad things about people, to not be bullies, to not ostracize people based on their skin color. We have these social mores and he breaks all of them and he’s successful. And people are wondering how he gets away with it.”

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[TM99]

1. This is propaganda for the left.

I have been a psychologist for decades and even worked as a massage therapist during graduate school.

Very few people discuss politics in a session, they are there for very intimate and very personal reasons. Not during the Bush years, nor during the Clinton or Obama, it just doesn't happen at this level.

I hate this kind of disingenuous bullshit.

[yellowcanine]

2. I am sure those two patients feel great that their psychologist is blabbing about what

they told him to the press. I know he isn't using their names but it is still wrong. Some of their friends, family members or coworkers might figure it out. This seems somewhat unethical for a psychologist.