Posted by gardenergirl on December 3, 2005, at 13:01:14
In reply to Re: see! we agree!, posted by daisym on December 2, 2005, at 15:33:37
> In talking to my therapist about this, he said he doesn't think therapist receive enough training on this, they are given lots of information about how to protect themselves from law suits and lots of information about not gratifying the client.
You know, I'm not sure I even got this type of information. We get the usual training in ethics, but I think it's almost assumed that none of *US* would *EVER* do anything wrong, so maybe that's why we didn't get that training in my program?
There's a book or video series or something that presents situations where a client is expressing love or sexual feelings to the T, and it provides opportunities for the trainee to "practice" dealing with it. I also read a great article about how this is a big hole in training and that faculty and trainees should not be afraid of broaching this topic in training. I agree.
> btw, he said he was continually amazed at the articulate and respectful discussions we have here. He thinks it should be a training ground for new therapists.
I know I learn a ton from participating here, and I thank all of you for that!
gg
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