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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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It sounds like he has some problems of his own. I'm not exactly sure what therapist should do with gifts. I have read some rules for T's in my country and I think that also is for my T.
I have read several things about uk or american T's. One has a strict no gift policy and another thinks that you should also look to what is in the clients best interest and if the client has other motives.
Being offended because a client is so kind to give you fudges as a goodbye thank you, that's just weird and rude. Sharing it with colleges is good but he should have also just said thank you.