Submitted 4 months ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Makes me feel kinda sick just thinking about it.
I see no reason that professionals shouldn’t be allowed to make money off of their profession. There are some opportunities for some perverse incentives in any industry, but that’s why licensing and ethics boards exist.
The mental health workers I know are overworked over stressed and making the same or less money as they were 5 years ago.
I make a difference between the workers and the industry.
Therapists where I live can work in the public system, or in the private system.
It’s free to see a therapist in the public system and they are paid by the government, but it’s nearly impossible to have a session because they are booked months and months in advance. So they are not making more from this.
Then there’s the ones working privately, usually also booked months in advance but for a few hundred dollars an hour. They are also not making more from this because they were already working full time.
However there is a “mental health industry”, like Betterhelp, that will gladly exploit and profit from the circumstances.
Absolutely, everything’s an opportunity!
Oh great a scientologist
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“And because I consider mental health important, today I’m proud to present my sponsor, Betterhelp!”
Sweet capitalism.
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Hey man that’s a piece of shit statement.
OP is a piece of shit for malicious statements on an entire industry, as if they had a hand in the problems of today!
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 4 months ago
Most peoples mental health isn’t effected by politics. The only people who are being negatively effected mentally are weak minded or extremists.