Posted by pinkeye on May 3, 2005, at 23:20:43
In reply to Re: Is it really harmful to be friends with T ?, posted by alexandra_k on May 3, 2005, at 23:06:25
I sometimes wonder, if people in ethics committee and other people who enforce such strict ethics and prevent friendships between people who are both adults are somewhat cruel and don't have any human value.
It is perfectly understandable for the T to decline a friendship offered by a patient. Same way for a patient to decline a friendship offered by a T. But why on earth would that be anybody else's business but these two parties?
After a therapy relationship is over, nobody has any business whatsoever interfering in a relationship between two adults. At the max, they can enforce a time line - like 2 years. But making it ethical requirement is really not up to the ethics committe to enforce.
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