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Originally Posted by BudFox
I agree that if a client feels abandoned, then they were abandoned. Could be literal, or could be virtual... e.g. when a therapist withdraws emotionally or otherwise alters their persona.
Therapists should not get a pass when they cause a client to feel abandoned or betrayed, just because the therapist meant well or couldn't avoid some circumstance.
If a therapist asks for your trust, opens pandora's box, then announces something in their life necessitates shutting you down on some level... then they have s**t the bed as i see it.
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By this logic no therapist could ever change jobs, change professions, retire or die, which isn't reasonable.
My personal view is that abandonment means no referral and no notice period. I'd say a month is a reasonable notice period - - it gives you time to process things emotionally, get closure, and set up an appointment with somebody else.