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Originally Posted by MissUdy
Yes I have considered this exact thing, and discussed it with my T. it’s what has made me stay away from my older family and friends. However, my T has chosen to take this risk with me as well hasn’t he. So I guess we have a mutual understanding. Until we have a vaccine, this risk will always be there. I could never hide away until then.
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This is how I feel too. I couldn't cope with ongoing teletherapy and I have utmost respect for people who can or have no other choice. Me and T made this decision between ourselves after weighing up the risk and we are both happy with it. I was the only in-person client to start with since lockdown but not sure if that's still the case. I think it's a very individual decision for a therapist to make and neither the therapist or the client should be judged for wanting to meet in person, therapy is an essential contact for many people (even BACP acknowledges this on their website) so there are many different factors playing into such a decision that I can't imagine anyone would take lightly, even in the middle of a pandemic.