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Originally Posted by ThisWayOut
Would you be more put off by a clinician with a tattoo sleeve, or with si scars? I guess even with the tattoo I would likely wear long sleeves for my clients, but in the event of short sleeves happening, what would turn you off more: the judgements around (pg-rated) body art, or the judgements around scarring?
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Sorry for your mental health issues, and thanks for your work in the field.
I would find scars a little triggering obviously. The tattoos you describe probably will not trigger me but might look to me as somewhat unprofessional. But that's me, and perhaps tattoos are not seen as unusual for others (or maybe some, depending on their personal issues, could get triggered by them).
The thing with tattoos is I think I kind of have to see it to know how I react to it. If they are PG rated like you say and don't look particularly violent or sexual or aren't too distracting because of, say, color, or aren't all over the arm, or don't contain words or phrases that trigger, then I would not even see it as unprofessional.
I saw a therapist very briefly who had the word "peace" tattooed on his lower arm, in several languages (like Japanese, Arabic, etc) and liked it quite a bit and even wanted to get it done myself.