You ask - "What is the "ethical" way for a therapist to tell a client that he/she must miss or post-pone sessions?" Simply put, the ethical way for a therapist to tell a client that she or he must post pone sessions is that therapist has some pressing personal business to take care of that will require X amount of days or weeks. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less. If client is concerned, INSTEAD of therapist divulging personal crises, therapist needs to re enforce to client that it has absolutely nothing to do with the client and is solely a personal or familial issue with therapist. In other words, the therapist has to have (or develop) a backbone. In some cases if the length of time is long, arrangements need to be made by therapist for client to see a temporary therapist until therapist is back to work. You ask - "Does this mean a therapist's life should always remain a "black book" to his/her clients? Never divulge anything personal?" No it doesn’t. Past overcome adversity or self disclosure to client is fine. A therapist however should never, ever share therapists current personal problems or crises with a client. That is a potentially destructive burden for the client to take on.
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