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***RANT ALERT***
I apologize, but I completely disagree with all of this...
Therapists and doctors have families and friends and lives outside of the office and their relationships with any of us.
They treat all types of patients from depression to sexual addiction to psychopaths, sociopaths, addictions, etc.
They have EVERY right to their privacy and have boundaries in place to protect us and them as well.
I don't think it is funny to be delving into their private lives for prurient whims of the patients
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There are laws that protect the confidential nature of what we tell them and ethical codes to live up to. We have rights, but so do they! That is all they owe us in terms of personal disclosure. Many go beyond and are kind and empathetic and give of themselves to HELP US!!
But aren't we there to learn how to create better relationships and connections? To learn how to communicate better? To learn how to forgive and heal and get better coping skills and to live happier and more fulfilling lives? Aren't we there to learn how to trust and give trust in healthier ways? How to overcome the tragedies and traumas and bad relationships and illnesses that we suffer from? How is any of this snooping really showing that you are learning anything or trying to change or be better people?
There is an ethical issue here.... It is not appropriate to hound, stalk, cyber stalk or otherwise dig out information on T's just because we feel like it, or because we feel vulnerable in the work we do in their offices.
To joke about this invasion of privacy just ticks me off. I don't care that this is the "information age" or whether or not someone is "good" enough to cover all their electronic information... This is wrong.
If I want trust, I have to give it. If I want respect, I have to show it and be respectful. And if I want honesty, I dang well better be honest. And if I want connection, I don't go behind someone's back to dig up information or talk about them or do drive by's of their kid's Facebook pages or look at their calendars.
I'm just asking that you stop and think hard about what you are really doing. We don't want the government snooping on us, or people hacking into our private medical records, people looking at our therapist's notes, or identity thieves taking our good credit...
What we want we also have to give.
As much as they care about us, they are also humans with the same right to dignity, privacy, respect and protections as we want.
Wysteria
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Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart.
Who looks outside, Dreams...
Who looks inside, Awakens...
- Carl Jung
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