Thread: He called
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Old Apr 08, 2008, 09:17 PM
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I'm having difficulty understanding...

Firstly (as you know, but as others sometimes seem to forget) feelings can be a little different from realilty. Just because you FELT creeped out doesn't mean that he did anything OBJECTIVELY creepy. Though if you feel creeped out your response can of course be legitimated by both aspects of the present that triggered aspects of the PAST. That being said, it is important (for this person in the present right now with a career) that you don't lump him in with past people who were objectively creepy.

Secondly (as I said already) you presented saying that something you wanted to work on was your sexual behaviour. It is thus HIGHLY APPROPRIATE in fact NECESSARY that for him to do an assessment of your symptoms that he ask you questions about your sexual behaviour.

Textbooks on psychiatry tell training psychiatrists that it IS appropriate to ask highly specific questions about sexual behaviour EVEN WHEN THE PRESENTING SYMPTOM ISN'T TO DO WITH SEX. According to the guidelines on assessment HE WOULD HAVE BEEN NEGLIGENT IF HE DIDN'T ASK YOU HIGHLY DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR.

In the face of this you sent off a complaint anyway. You didn't ask him (proactively) why he felt the need to ask those questions. You didn't say (proactively) that you felt immensely uncomfortable talking about sex (except for what you had volountarily disclosed already). You didn't tell HIM (proactively) that you were worried about whether his questions were appropriate or not. Instead you... Answered them? And then went to lay an official complaint about his misconduct even when a check online or in a textbook would show you whether his questions were inappropriate or not.

You... Simply didn't turn up? To the next scheduled session. Did you cancel? Did you pay the fee for a no show (which is standard?)

I do understand that the things that make it difficult for a person to receive help can be precisely the things that a person needs help with / therapy for. I guess it just sounds to me that given the way events unfolded it would be a lot safer all around for you to work with a female therapist with a busy office.