I think telling or not telling clients about personal things is hard to manage as you never know how a certain client will react. Some wants information and some don´t but I think everything that has to do with openly showing affections towards a partner or other relatives, like kissing in a hallway, is very inappropriate.
I think talking about medicines can affect the client's trust negatively as a client might begin to think that the T suddenly will have to take a break because of illness or similar. I would personally begin to wonder if the T is healthy enough to work.
I don´t see why a therapist should tell about things like retirement as all such family plans can be a reminder of what the client doesn´t have her/himself. That´s because it ´s common that clients enter therapy because of issues like loneliness, difficult family relations and then why tell the client about "happy plans". That makes no sense to me, it only seems harmful.
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Originally Posted by key tones
I’ve written about a little of this before, but I’m zeroing in on it more now.
I really don’t want personal information about my T. It bothers me. I want to see them as a professional T, and that is all.
My last T met her boyfriend down in the lobby because she forgot her keys to the office. She took the keys and then kissed him, right in front of me. I wasn’t expecting it. Ugh, gross, please. Besides, I didn’t want to know that was your squeeze anyway.
She also told me that she was on medication for depression and it was working (please don’t tell me TMI).
My T before that liked to talk about his wife, and yes I know who she is too. And he told me about their retirement plans. I don’t want to stress out about when you retire.
I hate knowing anything.
How do you feel about it?
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