Posted by Elle2021 on March 4, 2004, at 23:44:36
In reply to Re: Do you have a picture of your T?, posted by Apperceptor on March 4, 2004, at 20:55:14
> It takes a very strong psychiatrist/psychologist/therapist to work with somebody who has Borderline Personality Disorder, and you are not making it any easier by asking for these bizarre, inappropriate favors.
You are right, it probably doesn't make it any easier, but that is part of Borderline Personality Disorder. If the therapist feels unfit or unqualified to handle such a client, then perhaps the therapist should refer the client onto someone more qualified and competent.
>Would you ask your optometrist for his or her picture?
I also wouldn't divulge my inner-most thoughts to my optometrist. The relationship between me and my eye doctor is not anything like the relationship between my me and my therapist.
>We have spines too, and with that comes the ability to feel chills run up and down it with these...for lack of a better word, creepy...requests.
I feel offended by you referring to such a request as "creepy." I'm curious, do you speak this way to your clients?
> I guarantee you that transference is the first issue that would come to most professional minds with these horrid invasions of privacy.
Is asking for a picture horrid? All a therapist has to say is, "No."
>Not only do these teenybopper crushes create severe ethical dilemmas, they also are extremely insulting.
I feel as if you are trivializing other people's feelings by referring to tranference as "teenybopper crushes." How is it insulting? I would think in a certain aspect, it would be slightly flattering to know that a person admires you and finds the therapist so helpful.
>You should be ashamed of yourselves for treating your therapists like your children...they put up with enough already.
Well...they did choose the profession, did they not? No one forced them into it.
>I pray, above all else, that your therapists have the acumen and training to handle you appropriately.
I'm sure a well-trained therapist knows exactly how to deal with such problems.
>If you set foot in my office, I would drop you off my client list before you could develop a Polaroid.
Wouldn't that greatly decrease your list of clients? Many have problems very similar to this, that is precisely why they decided to seek help from a professional. You might also like to know that many of the posters on this website have also "googled" their therapist.
Respectfully,
Elle
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