Psychologists should avoid using phrases such as ‘you’re nailing it’ when trying to encourage patients because it could be interpreted as violent.
That’s according to a new psychology language manual that lists dozens of everyday phrases that should be swapped out for more ‘inclusive’ terms.
Phrases such as ‘take a shot at’, ‘target population’ and ‘you’re killing it’ should be avoided because they are microaggressions, the guide says.

Meanwhile, ‘stand up for’, ‘turn a blind eye to’ and ‘lend you voice to a cause’ should be axed because they are ‘ableist’ and offensive to disabled people.
The manual released in December by the American Psychological Association (APA), which has nearly 160,000 members, including scientists, clinicians and consultants.

The guidelines aim to ‘dismantle the destructive hierarchies that have marginalized people from equitable representation and participation in society,’ the organization said.

But Dr Sarah Hill, a professor of psychology with expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, told DailyMail.com that restricting language would only make communication between patient and doctor harder.

‘It just creates a situation where people don’t want to talk,’ she said.
‘All it does is make well-intentioned people afraid to speak, because they’re afraid of hurting people’s feelings.’

Dr Hill had received an email about the new language guide, she said, having previously been a member when she was a practicing clinician.
The guide not only includes violent language but also identity-related terms, gender terms and socioeconomic terms.

For example, ‘poor’ and ‘blue-collar workers.’ ‘Sold down the river’, which means to betray someone or do something which harms them in order to gain an advantage for yourself, is also recommended against.
It is now said to be racist. The APA said: ‘This expression belittles the painful history of millions of enslaved people sold and literally transported via the Mississippi or Ohio rivers to perform brutal manual labor on cotton plantations further south during the 19th century.’
‘Betrayed’ should be used instead, the APA added.

Psychologists should also refrain from saying the word ‘obese,’ and opt for ‘higher weight’ instead.

This switch should be made to ‘avoid perpetuating weight stigma.’
‘Use neutral terms that affirm and respect the dignity of all individuals regardless of their body size,’ the APA said.

‘Obese is a clinical term. To try to obfuscate that is not smart. It’s inaccurate, it’s essentially taking what’s a precise term, and then trying to make it less precise,’ said Dr Hill.

‘I don’t know why that would ever be a good idea. Precision in language is always important.’

Psychologists are not even allowed to use compliments, and should also ‘ask consent’ from patients before commenting on their appearance.
Compliments like ‘Wow, you’re looking great!’ should be avoided, and psychologists should instead ask, ‘Is it alright if we talk about your weight?’
‘This prevents unintended consequences or mixed messages about people’s health or appearance,’ the association said.

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