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In the book Unprotected<\/em>, an anonymous campus psychiatrist writes:<\/p>\n\n

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Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished. Dangerous behaviors are a personal choice; judgments are prohibited—they might offend…<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Where I work, we're stuck on certain issues, but neglect others. We ask about childhood abuse, but not last week's hookups. We want to know how many cigarettes and coffees she has each day, but not how many abortions are in her past…We strive to combat suicide, but shun discussion of God and ultimate meaning.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[306,308,310],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[409],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3361,3364,3386,3468,3519,3549,3562,3569,3845,4056,4090,4237,4520,4662,4667,4743,4747,4794,4900,4912,4914,4916,4955,4958,4977,5130,5302,5303,5314],"tax_ctp_topics":[396],"class_list":["post-46015","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-abortion","tax_ctp_tags-abstinence","tax_ctp_tags-adultery","tax_ctp_tags-back-to-school","tax_ctp_tags-boys","tax_ctp_tags-carnality","tax_ctp_tags-chastity","tax_ctp_tags-children","tax_ctp_tags-education","tax_ctp_tags-girls","tax_ctp_tags-graduation","tax_ctp_tags-individualism","tax_ctp_tags-national-sanctity-of-life-day","tax_ctp_tags-pop-culture","tax_ctp_tags-postmodernism","tax_ctp_tags-psychology","tax_ctp_tags-purity","tax_ctp_tags-relativism","tax_ctp_tags-secularism","tax_ctp_tags-self-control","tax_ctp_tags-self-denial","tax_ctp_tags-self-discipline","tax_ctp_tags-sex","tax_ctp_tags-sexual-immorality","tax_ctp_tags-sin","tax_ctp_tags-teens","tax_ctp_tags-worldliness","tax_ctp_tags-worldview","tax_ctp_tags-youth"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\nCampus Counselor Shares Professional Frustrations - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/campus-counselor-shares-professional-frustrations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Campus Counselor Shares Professional Frustrations - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the book Unprotected, an anonymous campus psychiatrist writes: Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished. 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