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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a therapist. This is unethical. This is a pretty classic definition of a dual relationship. While it is sometimes impossible to avoid some kind of dual relationship, this is one that it's totally possible to avoid. In this situation, my ethical interpretation is that your husband would ALWAYS be off limits to me as a client, regardless of whether you and I have terminated our relationship or not. That you are the only one who sees this problem is a huge red flag about both of these people.

The biggest issue here is your husband. Have you asked him directly to stop seeing your therapist? I actually would not assume that the therapist knows about the dual relationship and is cool with it. I think it's more likely that your husband came to therapy with her proactively and did not mention the dual relationship. She may know exactly who his wife is, but because of the confidentiality that she still must keep for you, she cannot discuss that with him. The ethical thing for her to do is to terminate the relationship with your husband and refer out due to an ethical conflict of interest.

If he refuses to stop seeing her, you are welcome to get in touch with her, bring the dual relationship formally to her attention, and tell her that you do not consent to any sharing of your information with your husband in session. You can request to revoke any kind of release that you signed about him when you were seeing her actively. [/quote]

The fact that you need to do any of this suggests you have a lousy marriage partner. [/quote]
+1
He should not be making you eat your discomfort.
As for therapists, I've found the handful I've known to be wildly unethical. I will never trust one again, feels like I paid to walk through sewage.[/quote]

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