u/SilentPrancer

I’m looking for graduate programs that combine strong counselling/ psychotherapy training with qualitative research, systems thinking, and humanistic or critical perspectives on mental health.

I want to become a practicing therapist, but I’m also looking for an intellectually open environment where lived experience, meaning-making, relationships, culture, power, and broader social conditions are taken seriously alongside research and clinical practice.

I’m not drawn to heavily medicalized or purely symptom-focused approaches, and I’m especially interested in programs that welcome qualitative inquiry, reflexivity, and critical engagement with concepts like diagnosis, normality, and psychological distress.

I’m currently exploring counseling psychology, community psychology, family therapy, and related interdisciplinary programs. I’m also interested in community-based work and potentially creating or running nonprofit/community support initiatives in the future.

Does anyone know of programs, departments, faculty, or universities — in Canada, the UK, or elsewhere — that support both therapist training and this kind of qualitative, critical, and relational approach?

I’m looking for graduate programs that combine strong counselling/ psychotherapy training with qualitative research, systems thinking, and humanistic or critical perspectives on mental health.

I want to become a practicing therapist, but I’m also looking for an intellectually open environment where lived experience, meaning-making, relationships, culture, power, and broader social conditions are taken seriously alongside research and clinical practice.

I’m not drawn to heavily medicalized or purely symptom-focused approaches, and I’m especially interested in programs that welcome qualitative inquiry, reflexivity, and critical engagement with concepts like diagnosis, normality, and psychological distress.

I’m currently exploring counseling psychology, community psychology, family therapy, and related interdisciplinary programs. I’m also interested in community-based work and potentially creating or running nonprofit/community support initiatives in the future.

Does anyone know of programs, departments, faculty, or universities (in Canada, the UK, or elsewhere) that support both therapist training and this kind of qualitative, critical, and relational approach?

I’m looking for graduate programs that combine strong counselling/ psychotherapy training with qualitative research, systems thinking, and humanistic or critical perspectives on mental health.

I want to become a practicing therapist, but I’m also looking for an intellectually open environment where lived experience, meaning-making, relationships, culture, power, and broader social conditions are taken seriously alongside research and clinical practice.

I’m not drawn to heavily medicalized or purely symptom-focused approaches, and I’m especially interested in programs that welcome qualitative inquiry, reflexivity, and critical engagement with concepts like diagnosis, normality, and psychological distress.

I’m currently exploring counselling psychology, community psychology, family therapy, and related interdisciplinary programs. I’m also interested in community-based work and potentially creating or running nonprofit/community support initiatives in the future.

Does anyone know of programs, departments, faculty, or universities (in Canada, the UK, or elsewhere) that support both therapist training and this kind of qualitative, critical, and relational approach?

I’m looking for graduate programs that combine strong counselling and psychotherapy training with strong qualitative research, systems thinking, and humanistic or critical perspectives on mental health.

I want to become a practicing therapist, but I’m also looking for an intellectually open environment where lived experience, meaning-making, relationships, culture, power, and broader social conditions are taken seriously alongside research and clinical practice.

I’m not drawn to heavily medicalized or purely symptom-focused approaches, and I’m especially interested in programs that welcome qualitative inquiry, reflexivity, and critical engagement with concepts like diagnosis, normality, and psychological distress.

I’m currently exploring counseling psychology, community psychology, family therapy, and related interdisciplinary programs. I’m also interested in community-based work and potentially creating or running nonprofit/community support initiatives in the future.

Does anyone know of programs, departments, faculty, or universities (in Canada, the UK, or elsewhere) that support both therapist training and this kind of qualitative, critical, and relational approach?

I am not a therapist, but would like to be. Today I wondered what do you therapist do if they’re gassy during a session.

Sometimes you can have a bit of a silent burp that maybe sounds like a cough or I think he’s relatively socially acceptable, if it’s quiet and maybe you keep your mouth closed.

I can’t say the same for farting though. I wish there were a different word.. flatulence sounds so formal and all the others so ridiculous - fart, toot..

Anyway, what do y’all do in session if you need to toot?

I can imagine arguments for holding it, excusing yourself and leaving the room, or just letting it happen and saying excuse me - it’s a normal human function and maybe good for clients to see a therapist so comfortable with it?

I have a budgie. My place has a weird layout and I think the spot he‘d be happiest is on the opposite side of the wall from the electrical panel.

I wouldn’t sleep and spend all day next to it so I don’t think I want to put my pets home next to it.

Is this unsafe? Would you put your pet bird‘s cage next to an electrical panel? Thank you!