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Old Mar 01, 2019, 03:36 PM
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Thank you very much for this post. I have heard of this in CBT (like for treating phobias), but did not realize that other modalities used it as well. Are the T's supposed to inform the clients that they are doing this? If not, why not?
Exposure therapy is an agreement of sorts. If a therapist continues after a client has said to stop - they must agree to stop. Informed consent is a standard that is applicable through healthcare in general. Therapy does hurt and sometimes you must get worse before you can get better, but to expose someone to trauma to the extent that they become suicidal, that should be the limit.

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