By Meghan Daum, Photo: David Williams/The New York Times, The New York Times, October 4, 2022
Meghan Daum: The home page of the Conservative Therapists site says: “Half of Americans have conservative values, yet approximately 90 percent of therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists are guided by a liberal or even socialist value system, creating a barrier for conservatives who would prefer talking with a professional who supports their values.” Does that sound right to you? Do you feel therapists tend to be on the left politically?
Dea Bridge: From what I’ve seen, yes.
I’m a little careful about what I say in certain circles because I just don’t know how well my views will be received. I kind of test the room a little bit before I open my mouth too wide. My affiliations — between the military and the law enforcement communities and some of those more hard-line traditional conservative values — really are uncomfortable for some people who are not conservative.
But I guess I didn’t realize how much it came up until Covid. I put my name on that website and I had people from other states calling me to say, “Oh my gosh, I’ve had this kind of experience and so now I’m looking for somebody whose values align more closely with mine,” and that’s really when I started thinking, “Wow!”
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