Posted by Honore on May 3, 2007, at 20:21:50
In reply to Weird Session, posted by TherapyGirl on May 3, 2007, at 20:04:04
In fact, you might want to say something about it anyway, in case she does it in other situations--as well as to try to prevent its happening again to you, or your worrying about it.
Did your T see that she seemed to be listening to the session, or trying to, through the door?
Perhaps especially if the person has a developmental problem, it's important for her to understand appropriate behavior. What she did really is a violation of your experience with your T. Also, it suggests she has some issues that she was acting out-- which, if it were me, would make me very uncomfortable any time I was in the office before her appointment.
You do have the right to protect yourself and to take actions to restore the boundary that was broken, rather than to ignore it. You don't have to sacrifice your own legitimate needs because the person had a disability-- it might be important to be respectful, but not to make that sacrifice.
Honore
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