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Old Feb 20, 2020, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Rive. View Post
Client swears at therapist: oh, it's okay. T should understand or is a bad therapist. Ts don't have feelings anyway.

Therapist swears at client: no excuses. Baaad therapist. Switch therapists.
As a retired health professional----Yes. And no. There was never an excuse for me to swear at any client or patient or inmate. It was my job to deal with/work through anger directed at me. Limits can be set without emoting negatively.
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