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Originally Posted by HD7970GHZ
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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HD7970ghz
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Thank you for your reply.
It seems to me that the T should clearly explain their treatment plan to the client. If a client does not understand why the T is exposing them to trauma, the client may not only be hurt by the re-exposure, but also by the feeling that the T is the one causing the harm. In CBT exposure therapy for phobias, the T clearly explains what they are planning on doing and what the likely effects will be. Do T's of other modalities not follow this protocol?