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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My teen son had done three sessions with a therapist that he said he liked.  The therapist told us that he felt he could no longer treat DS because he discovered that he (the therapist) is in a gardening club with my mother, and feels uncomfortable about treating my son in light of this.  The gardening club meets twice a month, and there are more than 20 people in it.  This seems ridiculous .... but i am not sure what I can do (probably nothing).  Do you perceive any ethical conflict here?[/quote][/b]
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nonono.  The littler secret amongst all therapists is that they pick their own clients.  If they don't like someone or are bored they come up with an excuse and shove them of.  That's why at the first point a therapist says "ok evaulation and teting" I say "but I want YOU to treat her - i have come to YOU because of your reputation!"  Generally they will shove off problem clients to a less experieced therapist.  You need to be assertive.[/quote]

Oh, I’m sure this makes the therapist want to keep you as a client![/quote]

Therapist here, again.

This is really just not the case, at all, at least among therapists that practice with a shred of ethics.[/quote]

Are you quite young?  If one is in private practice, it is not unethical to sever ties with a client who is so aggressive, abusive, or toxic that they might prevent you from serving your other clients effectively.  Self-care and self-preservation are important in this field, or else you are no good to anyone.  Someone who yelled at me in this manner as their selected means of communication, not because they were experiencing a psychiatric emergency, might not be welcome back.[/quote]

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