[Brian37]

so my T starts talking about all the rules and such about not having friendships with clients and so forth....

Im still in denial about my old T and being her friend...(oh yes it will happen)

anyway she was a state rep. to the ACSW convention many years back and was trying to explain how T's in small towns cannot be expected to follow such ludicrous guidelines as set forth by the powers to be who live in huge metropolitan areas....

case in point....my therapist son's best friend...his mom was a client of hers...now is she supposed to tell her son, "You cant be friends with so and so because his mom is my client"
so she regulary talked with her client outside of the office because their sons were best friends

she also mentioned how often she sees clients in grocery stores, malls, restaurants, etc.....

hell her house is only 1.6 miles from my house.....I pass by it everyday.....am I breaking the code of conduct?....I think not

apparently the academy of clincal therapists are re-thinking this whole area of therapist/client conduct thats why I brought it up....

meanwhile I spent 4 hours in the ER Sunday with chest pain....they wanted me to stay overnight for observation....I told them to "observe" me as I walked out the door and told the ER doctor, Doogie Howser could have given me a better diagnosis....

I saw my regular doc today who pretty much ruled out cardiac problems and recommended Pepto-Bismol for my loose bowels.....gee hes smart

gotta do a stress test though....treadmill !....woo hoo

eventually old T and me will cross paths at my new T's office...its inevitable and really I dont care if I do see her...my new T says she sees clients now who saw other T's in the same office.....its one big happy family....

John and Kate are getting a divorce!.....ok who are these people and why do I care???

if I had eight kids I'd be running too!

its hot here in the great land known as Southern Indiana....keeping plenty of Flavor-Ice on hand.....love the blue ones!

big snake in the garden tonight...wife went bonkers and wanted me to kill it....I just grabbed him by the tail and took him/her into the woods behind our house...big fatlong garter snake....took a good bite on my left leg but I still let it go....all of God's creatures have a place and purpose...

time for another Flavor Ice

peace

[sunrise]

Brian, a number of months ago I checked the code of ethical conduct for several professional associations, such as psychology, family therapy, etc., and all the ones I checked were not hardline about contact outside of therapy in small towns. They said it will happen and sometimes dual roles ensue, and it is just unavoidable in a small community. It seemed like they were being very reasonable and realistic.

Brian, I hope your chest pains go away. A year or two ago I went to the ER with chest pains. They were really bad and I was really scared--I thought I was having a heart attack. It turns out I was not, and I felt so dumb. Like I was a hypochondriac or something. I left with head down and tail between my legs. Two months later, I had abdomenal surgery and as part of the pre-surgery, they asked if I had any EKGs for their records, and I said, well yes, as a matter of fact I do, and I had my ER EKG sent over to them. Right after surgery, while in the recovery room, I went into atrial fibrillation, and my heart was really wonking out for about an hour. They told me later they were really glad to have the earlier EKG for comparison to the AF one. I was sent to a cardiologist several days later, and he said the same thing--so helpful in diagnosis to have the pre-incident EKG. So, even though the whole ER visit for chest pain seemed stupid when it turned out nothing was wrong with me, I later thought that the "reason" I went there was to have a "good" EKG to compare to the post-surgery one.

So random stuff happens that later turns out to be useful.

John and Kate are getting a divorce!.....ok who are these people and why do I care???

I am glad you brought this up because I have been wondering the same thing. For the last couple of months, John and Kate have been on the covers of all the tabloids and celebrity mags you see at the grocery store checkout. I have looked closely at their photos and cannot for the life of me recognize either of them. What is their claim to fame? I have wondered if they are like that guy in the Truman Show--fabricated personalities whose lives the masses follow in eager anticipation. Only, I seem to have missed the John and Kate Show.

[Brian37]

my doctor wants the stress test because he said the EKG was very unreliable for heart problems...or as he put it: a poor diagnostic tool

meanwhile im trying to "diagnose" a message from my T on my voice mail concerning another client of hers who just happened to mention my name and a certain event during one of her sessions...I have no clue who or what she was referring to but if I find out I will update the forum....I know you are dying to hear!

[pegasus]

Originally Posted by Brian37

meanwhile im trying to "diagnose" a message from my T on my voice mail concerning another client of hers who just happened to mention my name and a certain event during one of her sessions...I have no clue who or what she was referring to but if I find out I will update the forum....I know you are dying to hear!

Umm... Are you serious? Giving out information about other clients to other clients about what is said in therapy would be against code of conduct, ethics, confidentiality, need I go on...

[Brian37]

oops....forget that last post about my T's voice message

i totally messed up the message she left

it was not about a client, but another therapist I had spoken to in her office about my business...I left two messages for him and she let me know he was in the hospital having surgery ......I think my brain is fried from the heat...

[fallenangel337]

I agree...sometimes contact outside of T is almost inevitable. When I was younger and seeing my old T, I saw him as Costco a couple of times...Considering the Costco was about five minutes from his office, it wasn't too unexpected. He even spoke to me...

Then the next week in T, the first thing he said was "I saw you in Costco Monday." My only thought was, "Duh, T...I was sorta there." He was bad about pointing out the obvious.

[free2beme]

.....love the weekly updates, brian!!!!!!!!!!

ran a search to find this one..

[fearfulfrog]

"its hot here in the great land known as Southern Indiana....keeping plenty of Flavor-Ice on hand.....love the blue ones!

big snake in the garden tonight...wife went bonkers and wanted me to kill it....I just grabbed him by the tail and took him/her into the woods behind our house...big fatlong garter snake....took a good bite on my left leg but I still let it go....all of God's creatures have a place and purpose...

time for another Flavor Ice"

Currently 90+ here in NH- living on Flavor-Ice since neck surgery in April( on 80's then)- addiction without repercussions- except to the waist!

Snake- there was a reason it was banished from the garden- I want it banished from my state!

Your ramblings gave me a chuckle- thanks I needed that.

My own rambling- I am playing lawyer( pro-se) for both bankruptcy and custody ; I am 3 months post-op for surgery; I have doctors appointments 4 out of five days a week; - I have to keep track of when my HUSBAND needs his medication refilled! ( he works 38 hr/wk)- how is it that with a bad neck, one arm and a household to run- and the one who has spent more time in a psych ward in the last 4 years than out- yet I am the one learning a new language- "legal-eeze" and still keping him together because his ADD prevents him from being a functioning human as to details of day to day lives???

[rainbow8]

ECHOES, and everyone else: I thought Brian was back too, but the thread is from 2009!!!! I hope, Brian, that you DO read this and post your ramblings again. I miss you!