Not that it probably matters to the lay public, but we don't have to be embarrased by Ablow. He's a psychiatrist.
________________________________ From: Michael Britt [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Keith Ablow: Embarrasses our profession It was a cold winter morning when I first discovered "black ice". I drove over the top of a hill and hit a car in the rear which itself had stopped because another car had slid off the road. No one was hurt. As we all waited for the police to arrive the truck that was spreading dirt and salt also slid down the hill but was able to stop. 1 month later I was informed that I was being sued for $800,000. I was to learn that whenever a car hits you in the rear it is an opportunity to get some money - no matter what the weather conditions were at the time. Some 3 years later, and after a lot of worry and stress, it was all settled out of court for a very small sum of money. That's when I decided I hated lawyers. After some years I realized that lawyers are people too, and, I supposed, some lawyers were embarrassed at the actions of other lawyers. I should be able to apply that life lesson to our own profession, but somehow I am at a loss when it comes to "psychologist" and Glen Beck's good friend, Dr. Keith Ablow. In addition to the book he co-authored with Beck, Ablow recently took issue with an ad which depicted a mom having fun putting pink toenail polish on her son's foot. Apparently Ablow believes that this will no doubt lead to homosexuality and other undefined negative impacts on our society. As if the public doesn't have a bad enough impression of psychologists. How does this happen? And how come I can't learn from my experience with car accidents and the law and conclude that we're all just human? This one just cuts too deep. Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87814&n=T&l=tips&o=10001 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-10001-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-10001-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10002 or send a blank email to leave-10002-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
