Posted by Penny on January 22, 2004, at 14:07:37
In reply to More quesions answered by Bubba, posted by Karen_kay on January 22, 2004, at 11:45:14
> I asked if he ever discussed clients outside of the session and he said no. But then he admitted he did. He said that once a technique he used on me, pretending to be my father, he told his wife about because it was helpful. I was distressed at this point. He asked why I was upset. I felt like the things that we do in the office should stay there. Almost like we're having an affair and he shouldn't run home and tell his wife about it.
> Also, he said that when he sees a client in public, at times it is awkward. He said he can't say that the person is actually a client, but the lack of response tells the person he's with that it's a client. Also, once he saw a client and the client looked his family up and down and stared for quiet a while. (Was it me??) HE discussed that with the client at the next session.
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What you say in therapy is private information, but I've noticed T's using anecdotal stories about other clients with me - though I have no way of knowing who those clients are. Both of my Ts and my pdoc have done this, so I suspect it's common practice. But it should certainly omit identifying information...As for running into clients in public, yeah, he can't acknowledge that a client is a client, though if the client acknowledges first, that's different. But in general I thought they were just supposed to act as though they didn't know you unless you acknowledged them first. Thoughts?
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