> I have just received bad advice before from a psychologist Exactly. It doesn't take much Zen magic to figure out when someone is useless to you. (OK, maybe s

> I have just received bad advice before from a psychologist Exactly. It doesn't take much Zen magic to figure out when someone is useless to you. (OK, maybe sometimes it does, but nevertheless it doesn't.) Plus it's doubly off-putting when they are being useless while feeling good about themselves because they think they are helping. I have a gut feeling that some psychologists are driven by their own insecurity about being useful.