Posted by Adia on October 7, 2003, at 10:40:19
In reply to Re: Please read...Code of Ethics Therapy » jay, posted by Dinah on October 7, 2003, at 10:23:50
ugh, this whole issue is making me panic!
What do you mean by this?
That if I tell my therapist how I feel, (I don't feel sexual feelings but sometimes I have feelings like a child for her mother) she will terminate with me because my feelings and transference entered our communication?
She says that those feelings are what we most need to work through....(fortunately!) and if she were to terminate me because of that I would be totally devastated...Jay, What you are saying makes me feel or gives me the idea that you're implying that we should keep those feelings to ourselves because if we let our therapist know they will leave..
and I can't believe this is how things are?
At least my therapist hasn't terminated me and she has welcome my feelings or discussions about the feelings that come out as a result of our relationship...The more I read this thread the more I panic..
Adia.
> > Should this leave the clients mind and enter into the communication between the two, then the SW has an obligation to terminate. A good therapist can pick this up quite easily.
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> Jay, please do talk to colleagues and contact your professional organization on this. You're mistaken about this, and your mistake could cause people to be afraid to mention their feelings to their therapist. That would be at the very least, countertherapeutic. A therapist *will not* terminate a client who mentions an erotic transference. The only time a therapist will terminate a client who mentions an erotic transference is if they don't have adequate training to deal with it professionally. And then in my not so humble opinion, said therapist should refrain from practicing psychotherapy until he or she obtains more supervision and training in the area. Boy, talk about causing harm to your patients!
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