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Aug 21, 2010, 11:49 AM
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I know it is not ethical and a violation of ethic codes. I understand it can be harmful for the client and there is a differential of power. I see why a client would want to get involved with a T but what is happening on the Ts side. I want to know why would a T pursue a relationship especially with so much at risk?
And what about a marriage T? That is much more complicated. Xtree
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Aug 21, 2010, 01:23 PM
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Details (which you probably are avoiding)?
A present client, not a past one? On the face of it, it sounds like a none-too-stable T...
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Aug 21, 2010, 01:27 PM
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I would NOT see that therapist. I don't think that's ethicial in any way.
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Aug 21, 2010, 03:16 PM
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The therapy relationship is not natural and not balance - and all for a reason of healing. I think if our world were more natural and healthier, that the soul healers would just be a part of the community, and if a relationship were to develop with another member of the community, it would be healthy. But this world is not set up that way right now. So I would not want to interact with a T who was working "both sides" of reality as it were.
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Aug 21, 2010, 03:58 PM
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WePow put it well. A therapuetic relationship isn't balanced. The therapist listens to everything, and they may play Devil's Advocate here & there, but that certainly isn't sharing their own perspective. That wall between the patient and therapist needs to be there ~ the patient is safe to share their innermost thoughts, feelings, and memories without fear.
The therapist knows that they are morally responsible for maintaining a safe distance from their patients. If the therapist is unable to maintain their safe distance, it is their responsibility to refer that case to another T, STAT!
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Aug 21, 2010, 05:33 PM
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Marrying a client, eh? Hmmm... And is the client still paying, I wonder?
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Aug 22, 2010, 11:15 PM
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I think it's mostly predatory, intentional abuse of the client (rationalized in whatever way works best for the T). Picks the victim carefully, just like any predator. Risk is part of the rush.  In a few cases, perhaps the T either gets caught up in the delusion that it is helping the client to become intimate, that makes it OK, OR high on the addictive love of the client -- knows it is unethical, knows it is wrong and abusive -- maybe this T is one of the few remorseful, guilty, seeking help to recover, then maybe choosing another profession. No idea how it gets all the way to a marriage! Yikes! 
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Aug 23, 2010, 01:07 AM
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I can't see how that would work. I do not even see how Mary Kay LeTourno and her student Villy got that far.
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