Thanks all! My T hasn't talked about his policy on gifts etc. I think most of his clients are short-term so I don't think many would get to a point where they'd think of getting him anything. I think I'd feel too awkward to get him a gift, but I would like to give him a card. I don't mean it to be anything other than a gesture of appreciation for his continued help. I think the anxiety stems from reading rigid articles on why therapists shouldn't accept physical or symbolic gifts (hence the card worry) because they often mean more than what they are. I don't really agree with that interpretation...I mean sometimes a card is just a card. It's not like I expect him to give me the keys to his house in return. I'm definitely overthinking this. Our relationship is really good at the moment, I think I'm just worried of inserting something into it which will alter it somehow, or put him on his guard, or make him uncomfortable and therefore different with me. But then I say to myself...IT'S JUST A CARD!
Last edited by Merope; Dec 16, 2018 at 05:08 AM.
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