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Old Jul 14, 2008, 03:37 PM
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kim_johnson said:
i get that it is unethical for a therapist to see another therapists client

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">Kim, do you really think it is unethical for two Ts to provide therapy to the same client as long as they both know about the other T? And coordinate care, if need be? I would classify it more as perhaps counterproductive rather than unethical. If you think it is unethical, what ethical principle is being violated? I'm curious. (I'm teaching some bioethics today so this is on my mind!) Maybe "do no harm" as conceivably it might harm the client to have 2 therapists (they might be at cross purposes)?

I have a therapist and a PNP. Sometimes I talk about issues with the PNP that might veer into therapy topic territory. It doesn't seem unethical to me. And I find I can raise different issues with her than I can with T. I guess she really isn't providing me therapy, though, but advice on questions that I ask her.

To avoid the international calling charges with your T, can you use Skype? (I seem to remember you saying before that he's not very techy, so don't know if he'd be able to handle this, but maybe you could give him instructions and you would be the one to Skype into him.)
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