When Psychologists Do Huge Harm- part 3

I saw a bitch psychologist claiming to be a forensic person - still pushing the old chesnut that is FII- a mostly discredited, false allegation that served only to fill the lack of medical expertise to explain various child illnesses and disabilities. These people are narrow minded, blinkered and desperately nasty.

  Professor of Social Work Andy Bilson has called for change, read here 

https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/fii-serious-case-review


I saw another psychologist selling her wares advising colleagues to "keep it cute"


When Psychologists Fail: The Hidden Cruelty in Clinical Culture


my prompting


'They say psychology is a healing profession. But too often, it masks a rotten underbelly—where arrogance, performance, and cruelty are passed off as insight.

I’ve seen it. You’ve seen it. The casual language—“keep it cute,” they joke to each other, while discussing human beings in distress. The subtle smirks when mothers are accused of Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII), before the facts are even clear. The self-congratulating tone when a vulnerable woman is brought down, shamed, silenced.

This isn’t therapy. It’s theatre. And a bad one at that.

FII, once known as Munchausen by proxy, is a complex, controversial label—often misused, often misapplied, and often weaponised. But in back channels and private messages, I’ve seen young psychologists speak about these mothers with venom, not nuance. With scorn, not science.

Let’s be clear: a mental health professional who celebrates the destruction of another person, without due process or insight, is not fit to practice. They are the danger.

What we need are psychologists who can sit with pain, not mock it. Who understand the gravity of their power. Who remember that “mental health” isn’t a slogan—it’s a duty of care.

We live in a culture where women, especially mothers, are already under siege. To see them dehumanised by those who claim to help is not just infuriating—it’s amoral.' 

Train in ACT, train in Trauma Care, or lose.

Liz Lucy Robillard



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