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Old Apr 14, 2010, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by pachyderm View Post
I was told a number of years ago by the receptionist at one of the prestigious mental health clinics here, when I was asking for help (in a tongue-tied way), that this establishment wanted and needed and would only serve clients who were articulate and could serve the needs of the therapists training there. In other words (my words), we were there to serve them, and not the other way around.

It happens.
not quite. many uni/training clinics only accept certain clients because the trainee therapists do not have the skills to help clients with "harder" issues. it's as much to train the therapists (give them practice at basic skills) as it is to protect the clients (dont sign them up with a T who doesn't have the required experience).
my university clinic will only accept clients with mild depression (i.e., nothing requiring hospitalisation) or the "Easy" anxiety disorders. basically because CBT is meant to be good for these and they want us to have practice using CBT in the way it is "meant" to be used before they introduce us to more complex cases (e.g., dual diagnoses).
in this case it's not that the more complex clients aren't wanted, but that the centre does not provide those services because the therapists there do not yet have those skills.
Thanks for this!
Anonymous29344, FooZe