Psychologist Pet Peeve #4

Another pet peeve...lack of a specific referral question when psychological testing is ordered. I receive forms all the time that say they want psych testing or neuropsych testing with no other helpful information. I have three catalogs full of psychological testing materials/tests in my office...they test a wide range of symptoms. I need to know specifically what needs to be answered by the tests to determine which tests to give. You could literally spend thousands of hours administering psych tests, and if the question is something obscure, you might still not answer the referral question.

Psychologist Pet Peeve #4

Psychologists who try to put a positive spin on all feedback they provide a client...

For example, "If you were sitting in a room with 100 people, you would probably think to yourself, 'Man, I am the dumbest person and worst reader in the room.' But that isn't true. You are at the 2nd percentile and that means that there would likely be at least one other person in the room that read worse than you." :)

Psychologist Pet Peeve #2

Having someone ask you what you do for a living...

Responding, "I'm a psychologist."

Hearing, "Oh no! Are you psychoanalyzing me right now?"

This one counts for tomorrow... :)