Posted by Dinah on March 18, 2009, at 8:36:19
In reply to Dual relationship with t???, posted by sara77 on March 16, 2009, at 0:16:47
I haven't had that experience. In fact I bolt like a frightened hare when I have therapist sightings outside their native habitat. I can happily say that I've seen him three or four times when he used to live near me, but he never saw me at all.
But my thought would be that it could be rather hurtful, depending on your relationship with your therapist. In the therapy room, we have an intimate relationship of a sort. One that would be improper in a classroom. In fact, I met my therapist at a seminar he was giving on stress and anxiety, and I'd never take one now from him. I'm no stranger to dual relationships in other areas of my life. I've worked with both my father and my husband. But in those relationships, they were father and husband in the office as well. I was the same person to them, and they were the same person to me. I don't see how that could happen in a classroom, with a therapist.
Still teacher's kids manage to have mom as a teacher. And if you have no choice, you have no choice. But maybe it would be good to have these conversations with him so you'll be prepared? Ask him how he believes he/you will be different in class as opposed to in therapy? And how he generally handles it? It might depend a lot on the therapist. I went back the other day because I had forgotten my handbag, and I was not surprised but very disconcerted to meet up with "Professional X" as opposed to "Therapist X".
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