ALL PSYCHOLOGISTS should be in THERAPY – Kati Morton on mental health university career treatment

hi can you do some challenge vids that are more fun as well as the normal weekly ones? a bit like the cinnamon challenge you did or a singing/acting one. thank you xx

I found this video so refreshing! I know that I would feel so much more comfortable in going to therapy if I knew my therapist was going to or has been to therapy themselves. I think that it makes such a difference when I therapist can completely relate to their clients and understand the anxiety that comes with opening up to a complete stranger through personal experience.
#katiFAQ what are your thoughts on a client purchasing and reading the DSM? Would this help to learn and understand our own issues or just confuse us even more?
Love love love what you do 🙂 xox

I had to terminate my therapy recently because my therapist was not that great. She never remembered anything about me, I had to introduce a person in my life to her many times because she never remembered who was who, I had to tell her the same story three times because she never remembered, she never privided any helpful commentary, she just repeated what I already knew for $30 an hour, she also never offered any kind of kind words or diplayed empathy of any kind. I pointed out my grievances to her four times on four different sessions and each time she would just say that apparently I am incapable of accepting her help and she got visibly frustrated with me (rolled her eyes, raised her voice etc.) and when I pointed that out she said I was projecting my own frustration on her. Which, even if that's true, doesn't explain why she never even attempted to change her methods even a little bit. I even asked her if maybe I could use another therapeutic method more (she was a psychodynamic therapist), and she just dryly said that I should trust that she knows what's best for me.
My question is: how could I have solved this problem earlier / better? I kept thinking that if I just communicate clearly what I need, I would get it, but apparently it doesn't work that way.

What would you do if you are telling your theripst something you thought about doing but you didn't..(bad coping skill) and instead of talking to about why you were thinking about it they decided to scold you and make you feel worse then how you felt going into a session….. her doing that triggered me and when I went home pushed me off the deep end. how do you tell them it hurt and really affected you? ( not good with conflict.)

In the old days they said : You need too be crazy too "now" the crazy, partly true but like a firefighter or a policeman you encounter the bad side off ppl sometimes and if you don't find a way too protect yourself it will affect you on the long run.
And trying too open doors in the brain off somebody can be very tiring especially if they don't want to open it, then you have too wait until something happens in their life which unlocks that door, until this happens the patient wil keep saying : i can't talk when i'm at my therapist, i don't know what's blocking me. But they do make a video about it and dont tell us everything but we no more than the therapist.Will we ever be able too "read" a brain i dont know :-).

Hi kati im abit worryed about my feelings at the moment i dont seem to be afrade of death when ever i have suicideal thoughts it seems to make me happy of thoults of suicied and my plans whats you thoults on it☹️☹️

So I always thought I had BED, but I started seeing a new therapist and she diagnosed me with Bulimia since I binge then over exercise and starve. Well since she told me bulimia I decided I can start purging by vomiting too. Do therapist need to tell the client if the diagnosis changes?

Can we be psychologist even if we have mental illness (borderline, bipolar)?

Hey kati do you think maybe you could do a video on what to do if one of your friends (or rather acquaintance's) is triggering you with there issues but they need your support? Like either how to kindly tell them hey your triggering me while keeping in mind how they need you, or how to deal with when they tell you something or are upset about something and are triggering you? I'm sorry if this was confusing, but thank you so much. And by the way I love your videos and I find them super helpful!

It's funny that you mention the whole "defining terms" thing, where you didn't have to define them so much when you were talking with people who already knew the terms. Thing is, my therapist has been talking about my potential for an attachment disorder, and it made me feel so bad, like I had a problem detaching. But then I brought it up, and she ended up having to explain it to me. Having that explanation made me feel SO MUCH BETTER, knowing that it wasn't me having a problem, but that there just wasn't proper attachment when I was young. It was so reassuring – and so crucial that I brought it up. My therapist knows that I am smart, so it meant that when I didn't know, I had to say something.

IDK if that really applies much to the topic at hand, but I guess I needed to get that out there . . .

#KatiFAQ hey, I think this is a very common question. I have an eating disorder and have been in treatment (currently on a break because I moved). Now in my new school I found a very good friend, but she is veeery triggering to me because she continiously talks about weight and how she thinks she needs to lose some and she is engaging in bad behavior like restricting, trying to make others eat so she feels better about herself and all that stuff. I have mentioned to her before that I "used to" have an eating disorder and I felt that her behavior was not very healthy but she said it is normal to have something you don't like about yourself. So typical denial. I don't think she has an eating disorder 'yet' , but she could get triggered into one, is what I think. I like her and I don't want to stop hanging out with her, also I don't necessarily want her to know that I still have an eating disorder.(I generally just told very very few people and I just don't want people here at the new place to know) How can I deal with this?

Sometimes I wonder if learning advanced subjects such psychology and sociology is dangerous. It certainly changes you.

I'm studying psychology right now and mainly follow your channel because I find it so interesting to hear from an experienced therapist about it, and to hear just different views, even though a lot of the educational videos aren't necessarily the content I would apply to for myself.
So I really enjoyed this video and found it very interesting! In Germany we study five years to get the Master of Psychology, and after that can take courses for the different therapy "kinds"? like, CBT, psychoanalysis, etc. In that process of the training, at least for CBT, there is personal therapy included, that is mandatory. But as far as I know it is not common for therapists who are already in their job to just have a therapist always by their side. Many do supervision on a regular basis and that is highly recommended to us, but therapy here seems very event based. Our insurance system also covers therapy only for a certain diagnosis and then only up to a certain number of sessions, so if you "don't have anything", you can't really get therapy, unless you have a lot of money to pay for it by yourself.
What do you think about this? I feel like I would definitely want to do supervision once I am in my job, and I hope I would actually do take therapy sessions for myself if I find myself struggling to cope with something, but having permanent therapy without specific issues hasn't ever been in my picture.
Would love to hear your thoughts about that!

All therapists need to do their own work.

thx for this ha bisky vid and i have a puppy that keeps stealing all of the blankies i have 5-10 blankies on the bed and he thinks they are all his

he is so adorable i cant get mad at him but then he starts to over heat as well and sometimes gets mad when i want to take them off of him

It's funny that you say that you were more critical of therapists when you were in school, because I'm TOTALLY finding that with myself, too. I'm always trying to figure out which theory they're pulling from or sometimes I'll realize they're using MI with me. I'm glad to hear that this might go away when I'm not a student anymore!

I just found your channel and I love it 😀 I love the "concise type" of videos you upload a lot – you manage to say a lot in a shortish video, which is awesome.

You should make an app

Hey Katie,
What are your opinions on online therapy?

Hi Kati, you remind me of my mentor. She was older than me at the time and could walk up to any stranger on the street and tell them all about their lives and fix them on the spot. It was a weird spiritual gift to say the least, and when I brought this up to her she said that maybe she shouldn't do that any more, because it was too harsh on people, and didn't realize it was so jarring on people till she heard it from me. I wasn't criticizing her. I was just awestruck at her skill, now I realize she was not very professional, since she was taught by God and not man. I fondly remember the long talks about the adventures of Freud and Jung over club sodas. I will treasure those times, always.

She told me I would live through and conquer most mental illnesses or experience something similar placed into my life by God so that I would be able to help others that came into my life. This would be God's way of teaching me how to help others. Over 20 years later, I can say she was correct, but I don't know how to be more professional, and I see myself as needing training. I have no money, am disabled, and outcast. I am surrounded by the profoundly mentally ill that society has just thrown away. This creates little opportunity for learning. Where do I go to learn how to be more professional when helping others? I realize I am not a professional, but these people need help that nobody is willing to give them, and I would love to be of use.

i never heard about therapist going to therapy themselfs. But i think it is good becausde therapists have to deal with a lot of thing and work to

Therapy is also very expensive though @KatyMorton . Unless you use insurance… And then in most cases insurances require a diagnosis which may not even be applicable to the person… So what would you say in that scenario I believe therapy can be helpful at some point to avoid burnout, as a therapist But I don’t think the APA should have the authority to require that. I believe it is overstepping bounds

I just know your youtube channel and I really appreciate your works. Your videos help me a lots for my studies in Psychology in France!!! Wish you all the best <3

Haha, I was actually so relieved to heart you say you prefer an older female therapist because it just feels more comfortable for you, because I am the same!

I'm changing my major from nursing to psychology. Classes I took got me ahead to where I can graduate from community with an associate degree, I can transfer to a university for a bachelor. My question is? Can you start to practice with an associate degree? And just keep working to masters?