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Originally Posted by naia
I think schools do "guard themselves," but it depends. Some schools are over worried about getting sued so dismiss students who show the slightest sign that they may not be OK as a T. So there are oversights. Many schools make personal therapy a requirement so that you work out all your stuff before or during seeing clients.
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By safeguards I meant within the system of practicing therapists. Even a therapist with relatively stable emotional/psych health can be catapulted into various defenses and wounds that blind them to possible harm they are inflicting. Or their mental health might deteriorate over time. My T was able to turn my life upside down, then exit the process with nothing more than a few referrals. She could choose to ignore my messages about termination launching me into suicidal thinking. It was entirely at her discretion. There was no oversight. It all went down in isolation. And yet she was clearly somewhat out of her mind at that point.
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Originally Posted by naia
And there is some data out there, maybe not published, but one study I vaguely remember reported that many mental health professionals go into it because they have their own issues so think that being a T somehow proves they are not "crazy" after all. This is a high percentage, like over 90%.
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What is equally scary is that a therapist might be, consciously or unconsciously, seeking therapy from the client. I know mine was. And that to me sorta undermines the whole deal. Hence my questioning the legitimacy of the entire enterprise.