Posted by judy1 on October 12, 2003, at 18:35:05
In reply to Re: Supervision - Dinah Judy, posted by fallsfall on October 11, 2003, at 22:28:26
> Judy, I'm sorry that your therapist was abrupt. That wasn't fair.
thank you. I think my state requires 30 days notice of termination and I received none- it wasn't fair.
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> When I was interviewing prospective therapists one of them told me that it was a requirement (either for their license, or membership in the APA or whatever, or for the state, or ???) that all therapists have supervision. I didn't get the details. I just wanted to be sure that when I drove another therapist crazy that they would have somewhere to go (Yes, that is what I thought at the time, No, I don't know if I still think that).when I was seeing the psychiatrist assigned to investigate my ex-shrink, I'm almost certain he told me that supervision was a requirement of licensing. I'm really glad you no longer feel like the one who is to blame in case of therapeutic failure, I was told that most often the therapist cannot deal with his/her counter-transference (my case) or refuse to acknowledge that they don't have the skills to help a client. It really does take someone specialized to deal with victims of childhood abuse, or people diagnosed with borderline disorder- I'm told that's particulary difficult (also my diagnosis at one time). If you think about it- would you really want someone treating you who couldn't truly help?
take care, judy
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