Posted by Dinah on April 17, 2010, at 9:20:20
In reply to Re: I think I need help in reframing, posted by rnny on April 16, 2010, at 21:50:25
He may not have used the word "stink". He might have said he doesn't like the smell of vomit, and doesn't want his office to smell of it. I'm not entirely sure what on earth he imagined would happen. I'm not afraid of vomiting myself, and would hardly have culminated treatment by vomiting in his office. And the literature I did bring him was clear that the therapist was not supposed to use sound tapes of himself pretending to retch, so it would seem bizarre if he thought the treatment would involve him doing it. What did he think was going to happen? I'd go find a drunk on the street and bring him up to the office? I really need to ask him this. His thought processes might be interesting.
I would never report even a stranger to the licensing agency over something like this. I'd reserve that for sexual approaches, or some such. I consider other mental health professionals I've seen to be far more deserving of professional censure than my therapist and I didn't report them either.
I'm not angry with him. I feel sad because I feel disappointed in him. The same way people would feel sad when they were disappointed in any person they care about. At least, sadness is my response. Only rarely anger, and certainly not over this.
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