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Originally Posted by stopdog
Any therapist with the attitude of "i [b]will [b] take care of you" would be a therapist i would not get near.
I have never taken meds of a psychiatric sort, but I the few times I have gone to an md or had meds prescribed for something, I have probably not followed the advice and I have suffered no ill effects. I suppose if I started suffering ill effects, I would follow more until I achieved the results I wanted. It is, after all, my life, not that of the therapist or md or chiropractor etc. Just because I seek information, I am not then compelled to use the information if I choose not to nor am I compelled to use the information only in the way the distributor of the info wishes. I get to choose or change to someone who will not try to bully just as the bully can choose to only engage with those who submit.
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If one of your law clients was completely sabotaging his case in some way, but wanted you to continue being his lawyer, would you do it? It seems to me like the professional has some responsibility to support the client in making reasonable/good decisions if the client isn't doing it on his/her own. Otherwise it might not be ethical to continue taking the clients money. But if the client still wants the professional's help, it gives the professional some reason to support the client more strongly (if the professional feels confidence that the client could be helped.)
I'm thinking of situations where not taking meds leads the client to very self-harmful actions, like having delusions that could cause him/her to unknowingly walk into traffic or some dangerous thing like that.