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Default Mar 12, 2021 at 09:04 AM
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They hide behind their made up ethics a lot. There is nothing unethical about a professional of any sort being contacted by the people who hire them.

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I spoke briefly with my T about outside contact with their clients and he said “it’s an ethics violation.” I told him I agreed and too many things can go wrong once a boundary is broken. I’m not sure if each state has different rules or regulations about this it’s not something I would do.

I was under the impression that it's OK as long as they include some sort of disclaimer in their email signature stating that it's not a confidential form of communication, possibly citing HIPAA laws (US) and that if the wrong person receives it, to immediately delete it. At least that's what past and current T's have done.


Unless by "ethics" they mean the idea of doing therapy over email or text, or perhaps just having outside contact in general? It's also possible that therapist didn't want to do email, so they used ethics as a reason, because it's harder to argue with.
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Default Mar 12, 2021 at 02:30 PM
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My statement only refers to the outside context; I don’t know about email and text that’s interesting info which I may discuss with my T. Ty Outside contact with therapist

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Default Mar 13, 2021 at 02:10 AM
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Therapists are professionals, yes? Find me a working professional – be it a medical doctor, attorney, or teacher – who has rules forbidding emails or phone calls.
For occasional queries or urgent matters (say <once per month), no. Ask away.

For regular ongoing after-hours support, yes. Being an on-call personal support system is well beyond the limits of those jobs, and of a therapists job.
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T's are often cocreators in the dynamic of on call support system with their clients. They could start out how they were going to hold out instead of contributing to the problem as much as they do without taking responsibiility.

Yes, of course threats to safety change the game and can alter treatment.
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Default Mar 14, 2021 at 05:23 PM
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I want to contact him sooo bad between sessions but I do not have a reason besides just needing to have contact with him and that is not an excuse......

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