Posted by pinkeye on May 3, 2005, at 20:22:53
In reply to Is it really harmful to be friends with T ?, posted by happyflower on May 3, 2005, at 10:35:29
Not now. Because it will interfere in your therapy. Once your therapy is over, and either you are cured, or move away or start going to another T, I don't see why you could not continue a mild friendly relationship with your then ex T. (ie, if your ex T thinks it is ok, and you think it is not too confusing to you). I don't know about this group friendship - you and you husband and him and his wife all being friends. But between you and your ex T, there is a possibility of a friendship. Because after all, we are human, and to deny the basic human need for companionship in the name of ethics is a wrong thing. According to me atleast. And you have shared so much with this person, and to end it and cut off at one point, amounts to treating people as computers rather than human beings. If there was exploitation, it is a different story, but continuing casual friendship and stuff - I don't see why ethics board would need to even know.
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