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The client should have a termination session with the current therapist/intern. Also, feelings should be explored as to why this person wants to switch.

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I don't know from a client perspective this seems like a lot to go through just to talk with the person I would rather see. I think it would be very hard to sit in a session and tell the intern..."Sorry but I talked to her and I like her better than you." I might be able to do this in a normal confident state of mind, but certainly not when I was in crisis.

Maybe my defensiveness/elitism is showing here but as a client I should not be required to see an intern when there was a full trained counselor who I like better? Maybe I just don't have a clear understanding of what an intern is. Sorry if that statement offends anyone.

I know it is the personal connection that is most important in the therapeutic relationship. elaine77 post suggests that she took the time and effort into reaching out to this client and was able to make a connection that the intern was not able to do.

Is this young? Could it be that the intern didn't have enough life experience to make the client feel confident/comfortable? If so, doesn't she deserve to have the person she wants?

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The other counselor said I must call her to cancel our session and tell her she must see the intern.

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My response to this other counselor would have been, "Why?" Clients which counselors all the time in practices. It's not like elaine77 was covering movie night in an effort to pimp other people's clients. Is this just some special rule for interns? Is the intern using this client for a class project or something?" Is her supervisor required to assign her X number of practice patients?

I guess I just have an issue with the "tell her she must see the intern" comment. No proselytizing rule or not, as a client I would have an issue with this.