Posted by fallsfall on March 5, 2004, at 22:13:06
In reply to Re: thanks for the heads up, gg, posted by Apperceptor on March 5, 2004, at 21:11:25
>In my mind, the picture issue crosses boundaries.
I have done a lot of reading of psychology books (those targeted at therapists, mostly - I bought Linehan's book and manual 8 years ago), and feel that I have a pretty good understanding for why there are boundaries.
Can you explain why my having a publically available picture of my therapist crosses any boundaries? I don't understand why it would make a therapist uncomfortable to know that I have a picture. Also, why would it be crossing boundaries to ask for a picture if I didn't have one (understanding that he would have the right to say no)?
I do understand that different therapists have different boundaries - because they are different people with different needs. But I'm not understanding why any therapist would feel violated if a patient asked to have a picture of them.
Truly trying to understand your point of view,
Falls
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