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Originally Posted by daisydid
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.
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I'm not saying that encouraging contact isn't well-intentioned and genuine and ethical (I don't think it has anything to do with personal guilt--that would be a bad sign). But it is also a standard guideline of practice for a T to protect their liability in such cases by documenting outreach. In this case, it isn't a matter of increasing sessions because sessions are already intensive and the situation hasn't abated. Now he's also pushing for a skills class. That's also a sign that he recognizes the current interventions aren't enough. Whether or not it's the appropriate intervention, I have my doubts, but it may be all there is to offer.