> “Because of my low grades, my father thought that I might be mentally retarded,” Adler later wrote. His father took Charles to see a psychologist, who said, “You have a remarkable son [with] a vivid imagination. He should be encouraged to invent.”
My psychologists said the same, as a child. I suspect it's a stock phrase for many of them.
Psychologists as a profession are much more comfortable with the idea of people whose thought processes are unusual, but still effective. It's what they're for, really.
What a psychologist!