Why are psychiatrists and psychologists called shrinks? It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ritual practice in certain tribal societies of literally shrinking the heads of one’s vanquished enemies. The term shrink was adopted as a joking reference to psychotherapists in the 1960s.
Maybe his Shrink will get his point.
Why are psychiatrists and psychologists called shrinks? It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ritual practice in certain tribal societies of literally shrinking the heads of one’s vanquished enemies. The term shrink was adopted as a joking reference to psychotherapists in the 1960s.