Posted by spalding on January 18, 2008, at 23:57:06
In reply to I wasn't planning to get my therapist a gift, posted by Dinah on January 13, 2008, at 21:26:08
This amazes me. Both my pdoc and my therapist have told me they cannot accept any gift whatsoever due to ethics issues.
Two other therapists I have had in other states have said the same.
I have very warm and extremely open relationships with both my current pdoc and therapist. I wouldn't dream of giving them gifts, nor receiving anything from either of them, due to the intensity of the relationships.
Is gift-giving and such between THERAPIST/DOCTOR and PATIENT really as common as this board suggests?
I don't want to appear that needy -- "accept my gift, its significance and my depth, please!"
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