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stopdog · 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 1914sierra

You go on the premise that clients regularly behave aggressively in session. I'd guess it is actually fairly unusual behavior.

I teach. On rare occasions a student becomes aggressive, and I am not at all comfortable when that happens. I will have that student removed. Does that mean I should do something else as a living too because I become scared if that kind of aggression is displayed by a student? Your logic just doesn't work here because you assume this is regular behavior.

I teach too. I have had aggressive students who acted out. I have never felt the need to have a student removed or anything else. I did once check on a new prof (who had been a public defender with me before moving into teaching so maybe that is why we are not as twitchy as some others) who was teaching at night when I was also teaching a night class and I heard a student yelling and hitting a wall at her. But the other prof. said she was fine and and I waited for her and we walked out together - she said the student did not worry her. I do believe students and clients act out sometimes and I do believe it is rather regular in my experience ( I work with a lot of people being held against their will by the mental health people). I believe a therapist who is scared by a client hitting a table should find something else to do. But it is just my belief - clearly others have different beliefs on this subject.