Posted by jane d on January 29, 2003, at 11:02:30
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Lauren Slater wrote in last weekend's NY Times Maggazine suggesting that we have a system where all therapists work is reviewed by their peers. They should show tapes or files. She argues that it would help eliminate major abuses in the relationship - she mentions the recent accusation that a psychiatrist tried to hire a patient to kill someone (definate dual relationship problem there). Presumably it would also lead to higher standards of compentence.
She says that patient privacy would be preserved but I don't see how it could be. I can see choosing to confide personal things to one person that I chose to trust (I am not in therapy so this is hypothetical). I cannot see confiding anything to the profession in general. I guess I want to retain control over who hears what I say. It seems to me that she is providing more protection for patients at the risk or reducing the amount of control they have in the relationship and that this can't be a good thing.
I'd really like to hear what people who actually are in therapy think about her suggestions.
Jane
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