Posted by one woman cine on February 2, 2007, at 7:40:35
In reply to Re: Abusive therapist *TRIGGER* » one woman cine, posted by toojane on February 1, 2007, at 20:01:51
I can see we are at odds on this subject so I will only say these few things. Most people go into the helping professions to help, not to harm. A small minority of professionals have serious failings even so.
There is no way to know that once they are practicing, if serious violations occur because of the confidentiality of the therapy relationship. It happens in a room between two people and no one knows what's going on. There is no meeting where dr. y says "oh yeah, by the way I had patient x in a dog collar" -
professionals don't discuss patients because of confidentiality unless it's a consult. & then the patient must sign a waiver saying it's OK to discuss -
That is a fact. It is a part of the "standard of care".
So, I'm not understanding your point about associations/other professionals *knowing* about abuses.
However, there are "standards of care" that every profession adheres to. There are accepted treatment plans - they are also not secrets.
Patients can seek the information as to what is acceptable and what is not & if it seems suspect then perhaps this is not the person you should be seeing. You can research practitioners. It is suggested one should do so.
Being an informed patient/client is imprtant in seeking any kind of treatment.Would you agree or disagree?
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