Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

I'm interested in law school because I'd love to be a lawyer, but I worry that I won't be mentally healthy in that environment. Many lawyers say 80 plus percent of law school is irrelevant and doesn't adequately prepare you to practice law or even pass the bar. So I expect similar frustrations would surface.

I'm interested in law school because I'd love to be a lawyer, but I worry that I won't be mentally healthy in that environment. Many lawyers say 80 plus percent of law school is irrelevant and doesn't adequately prepare you to practice law or even pass the bar. So I expect similar frustrations would surface.

I've looked into this very carefully and I'm convinced that the basic substance of my thoughts has bulletproof empirical grounding outside of STEM for sure. How could I manage these distortions when I'm in the midst of law school homework? P.S. I am quite hostile to appeals about how I would actually learn important things in class or about developing resilience for its own sake.

I've looked into this very carefully and I'm convinced that the basic substance of my thoughts has bulletproof empirical grounding outside of STEM for sure. How could I manage these distortions when I'm in the midst of law school homework? P.S. I am quite hostile to appeals about how I would actually learn important things in class or about developing resilience for its own sake.

So I'd prefer to avoid that line of thinking unless it's really important. Thank you, Gray.

So I'd prefer to avoid that line of thinking unless it's really important. Thank you, Gray.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, you'll learn how to think.

Yeah, you'll learn how to think.

But David and Matt, I'm curious. I'm imagining that in medical school, not everything that you were studying was like super interesting or relevant to you as psychiatrists.

But David and Matt, I'm curious. I'm imagining that in medical school, not everything that you were studying was like super interesting or relevant to you as psychiatrists.

So you had your eye on the goal.

So you had your eye on the goal.

You go, Matt.

You go, Matt.

I'm not thinking like a team therapist. I spent 25 years working within the field of family law and the lawyers would say exactly what he said. 80% of what they learned in law school wasn't relevant to their careers, but law school taught them other things. And I think that's true for being an undergraduate or whatever graduate program you're in. It teaches you everything.

I'm not thinking like a team therapist. I spent 25 years working within the field of family law and the lawyers would say exactly what he said. 80% of what they learned in law school wasn't relevant to their careers, but law school taught them other things. And I think that's true for being an undergraduate or whatever graduate program you're in. It teaches you everything.

the specifics, but it also teaches you like how to live and how to think and how to ask questions and how to have a critical mind. And those are all valuable and learning how to face your boredom and overcome it. That's a huge life skill that is secondary to learning the specific information. And so Matt was like really a specifically wonderful team therapist.

the specifics, but it also teaches you like how to live and how to think and how to ask questions and how to have a critical mind. And those are all valuable and learning how to face your boredom and overcome it. That's a huge life skill that is secondary to learning the specific information. And so Matt was like really a specifically wonderful team therapist.