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Originally Posted by capecodfish
Not sure where you are or what credentials your therapist has, but most professional associations have a strict rule about contact outside of therapy with the client that extends to a certain period of time AFTER the termination of therapy (the shortest of which I've ever heard is 2 years). The therapist cannot terminate therapy for the sole purpose of starting the waiting period either. Some therapist even have a "once a client, always a client" policy.
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Thanks capecodfish.
My T is an master's level LPC licensed in the state we live (USA) and counsels in a practice comprised of Christian counselors. The two year rule appears to apply to sexual relationships only. My state has no statutes on non-sexual dual roles and the APA and ACA seem to be ambivalent regarding this. I have no sexual interest in my T. We are both female. I'm asking T tomorrow if she has the "once a client, always a client" policy.