Posted by pegasus on January 16, 2005, at 19:05:33
In reply to APA guidelines, posted by messadivoce on January 16, 2005, at 15:34:19
You are right. The APA doesn't say anything about waiting 2 years to have any social contact. That's only for sexual relationships. The APA *does* warn against multiple relationships, which would be if you were still in therapy with him, and also trying to have a social relationships with him. But that's not your intention at all, if I'm reading you right.
I think he's hiding behind the APA. It seems like a lot of therapists are confused about how to handle contact with former clients. I know a lot of training programs teach that it's most helpful to the ex-client to not maintain any contact. Which is something that I personally disagree with for most therapist-client relationships and terminations. But it's certainly an easy guideline for a difficult situation, so I can see the appeal of trying to follow it.
pegasus
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