Posted by susan47 on May 28, 2006, at 2:09:28
In reply to Re: Anger here, maybe a trigger, maybe dissension » susan47, posted by gardenergirl on May 26, 2006, at 14:26:28
> Many therapists use the term patient as much as client. Some use them interchangeably, and sometimes it depends on the setting.
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> APA's ethical guidelines state that a therapist cannot abandon a client/patient.So what happens when a therapist does abandon a patient, gg? I mean, it obviously happens. I know. And no matter what the ethical guidelines are, it is then too late and an unwitting, innocent person has been hurt. The guidelines as they stand do not stop it from happening. Because they're obviously not strict enough. They obviously need changing to something more concrete, more adequate to meet the needs and rights of everyone in the therapy relationship. Because it IS a relationship. It CANNOT be abandoned. And it happens, more than it should. And people, therapists and patients, imo im humble o, should have to HAVE to sign an agreement that this will not happen and the therapist would do everything in his or her power to assure a transition that is as smooth and trauma-less as possible, under the circumstances. But first, perhaps, there should be a review by an independently chosen physician of some type, perhaps a psychiatrist, someone who actually has more knowledge than either of the two parties, who can intervene and try and make it right, somehow, first. Because it could happen that way, it could be a hell of a much more enlightened process than it is right now.
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