#EthicalDilemma #Psychology #ValuesConflict
Hey everyone, I recently lost my job as a psychologist because I refused to terminate a client whose lifestyle didn’t align with the practice’s Christian values. What are your thoughts on this situation? 🤔
Here’s a quick recap:
– My boss, who is Christian, asked me to turn down a client due to her lifestyle choices
– I stood my ground and was eventually let go from the practice
– The client had some serious issues and I felt it was unfair to judge her based on her personal life decisions
Now, I’m wondering if I did the right thing. Should I have followed the practice’s values or stood up for my client’s rights? What would you have done in my shoes?
As a solution, perhaps setting clear expectations and values at the beginning of employment could prevent conflicts like these. What do you think? Let’s discuss! 🌟 #EthicsInPsychology
I mean her lifestyle is a mess, but wtf… that’s most likely why she is there. So if it gets tough they don’t want to help? Pathetic.
You did the right thing. Even Jesus spoke out against excluding people like that specifically. I’m not a christian and even I know that damnit.
Yes, you did the right thing. It shows that you have values that you actually believe in and aren’t a hypocrite. Can’t say that about most, but it sucks that you lost your source of income. Hope you find a new job soon, good luck!
Where are you? How is this legal? As a professional you have a code of conduct you must follow which supersedes your boss’ sky person
Jesus himself associated with outcasts such as prostitutes. He never taught to exclude people because he deemed them unworthy. What your boss considers “Christian values” is not Christian in the slightest. In fact, you acted more aligned with Christ than the so-called Christians who consider groupthink and judgement of people who are seeking help more important.
You exposed their hypocrisy and they didn’t like being dished with the truth. They are more invested in making sure they feel superior than to seek to understand and help people.
It takes a lot of courage to speak up against the majority and risk losing your job. There will always be another job, but you won’t live with regret that you stayed quiet in the face of what you knew was wrong
I don’t think religion has a place in making decisions about clinical or mental health issues.
Basically, I am of the opinion that religion is a personal thing, just like sexual preferences and other personal biases. As such, it should not be confused with, or used in one’s work environment, especially if your work has to do with people’s mental health and making clinical decisions based on that. As soon as a person starts to conflate their personal morals with mental health and mental illness, that’s not OK in my book.
If a religious person wants to run a religious counselling practise that’s totally fine, but they need to make it very clear what their expectations and values are of their clients. It needs to be clear that this is a religious counselling practise and will counsel people based on religious values, not based on psychological training.
Sounds like you have enough leverage to tell off your employer and get a new job, so no big deal.
If you needed that job you should have 1) understood this would happen before accepting it and 2) complied with what the business owner wanted. If you couldn’t do that, look for new employment while you sucked it up.
Tell me again, what was Mary Magdalen’s profession and what was her relationship to Christ?
“Christian” values my ass. She’s using Christianity as a moral high ground for judgement. Matthew 25:40 – “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Get this rage bait outta here.
Ethically and morally, I think what you did was exactly correct and quite courageous.
I guess. Do you have another job? You have to pay your bills