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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
I think when Ts have a client who expresses suicidal thoughts/feelings, but they don't meet the criteria for hospitalization, they make a point of encouraging out of session contact as a CYA measure. Such calls benefit the T, regardless of whether or not they benefit the client.
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In what way dod's encouraging out of session contact benefit the therapist? Simply from a place of CYA? A way to alleviate guilt should something happen to the client? "Oh, they (tried to) off themselves, but I did everything I could."
These aren't questions I expect you to answer, feral. Just pondering my own circumstances at the moment.