Posted by fallsfall on March 7, 2004, at 9:39:56
In reply to Re: Wondering about some ethical stuff, posted by tinydancer on March 7, 2004, at 8:33:44
My parents met my first therapist. They live 1 1/2 hours away. My dad came in and joined a session with me, my mother preferred just to shake hands in the waiting room. My therapist said that it was really helpful to her to meet my dad in person - it helped her to understand him (and therefore me) better. It also gave him more of a "warm fuzzy" about my therapy in general. My mother is afraid of therapists, hence why she didn't want to come into the session.
I would advise you to keep everything on a professional basis. If you don't want to share a session, maybe you could share half a session, or 15 minutes. I think that when people are in long-term therapy that it makes sense for parents (and siblings even) to meet the therapist, and for the therapist to meet them.
I have offered to my current therapist to have my parents (i.e. dad) come for a session some time. He is considering it, but hasn't asked for that yet.
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