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Originally Posted by December2015
I brought a gift to my therapist , just after Christmas once and said , I know as a therapist you aren't supposed to accept gifts from clients , but .... and I offered him a small package of fudge made by the monks at the abbey I had visited . He said , "that's right , we cannot accept gifts ....the ethics of ..... he was offended , buy took the package and when our session was over made it clear that he was taking my gift to the community kitchen he shared with his colleagues .....
I wish I had a friend who was a therapist I could talk this over with . ...( is this about Freud and the **** phase ? )
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Offended by a gift?! That sounds like this therapist has his own unresolved issues. Perhaps this was his policy, his ethical code's recommendation, or the policy of the agency he worked for, but that should have been mentioned earlier in the therapy, or at the very least, I don't see why not just thank the client and mention the ethical issue gracefully. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Was this recent? You can PM me if you still need to talk about it.