Relationship with therapist: did I abuse him or did he abuse me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He should never have been your therapist if you knew him in other contexts. It was his job to maintain professional boundaries which he absolutely did not do. This was his responsibility, not yours. I would not contact him further. He is unethical.

This is very community dependent and yours is a “big city”/urban answer. In smaller communities people often have no choice but to see a therapist they may already know from another context and it’s not considered unethical. That’s just the supply there is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He should never have been your therapist if you knew him in other contexts. It was his job to maintain professional boundaries which he absolutely did not do. This was his responsibility, not yours. I would not contact him further. He is unethical.

This is very community dependent and yours is a “big city”/urban answer. In smaller communities people often have no choice but to see a therapist they may already know from another context and it’s not considered unethical. That’s just the supply there is.

Not really, and in this case, it was definitely an ethics violation for an actual therapist: https://www.apa.org/ethics/code

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He should never have been your therapist if you knew him in other contexts. It was his job to maintain professional boundaries which he absolutely did not do. This was his responsibility, not yours. I would not contact him further. He is unethical.

This is very community dependent and yours is a “big city”/urban answer. In smaller communities people often have no choice but to see a therapist they may already know from another context and it’s not considered unethical. That’s just the supply there is.

Someone in the same Bible study group should not be your therapist. It doesn’t matter how small the town is.