Posted by pinkeye on May 3, 2005, at 23:45:05
In reply to Re: Is it really harmful to be friends with T ? » pinkeye, posted by alexandra_k on May 3, 2005, at 23:29:20
I actually think it is a betrayal of trust to cut off all contact with a former patient, (if a therapist personally decides it would actually benefit the client and not harm the client), and acts against his/her own judgement and just tries to stick to the ethical principles for the sake of it. A therapist who does that, goes down drastically in my esteem and he/she is the one who is not fit to be a T.
It is the thing that I don't like about modern world - that people seem to sacrifice common sense in favor of sticking with guidelines and are more afraid of lawsuits and disapproval of other thearpists than they are concerned about the patients well being.
As a favourite quote of mine says - "Science must ultimately obey common sense - its own root from where it came from". Ignoring common sense, and protecting science is what most people seem to do in the world nowadays. They kill the meaning and preserve the structure. They just ignore the purpose and follow the actions. It is like killing the root of the tree and watering the leaves. What is the use?
What good would it be and how ethical would it be, for a T to cut off contact and follow the rules, and it destroys the client? It is like doing a perfect operation according to the books, and letting the patient die because the Dr didn't have common sense to apply his own logic in an emergency.
Sorry if it came across strongly. I feel pretty strongly about it, that any professional should value his/her own common sense more than anything else. (Apart from the necessary legal requirements)
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