I will do better than that. I will share an actual example from my own life, dissect at will! My wife and I saw an LCSW for premarital counseling in 1992. We saw him for approximately 6 sessions, nothing too intense, communication stuff mostly. During graduate school, I saw him again. My school requires 40 hours of individual therapy in order to graduate (a GREAT idea, IMHO). So I saw him for 10 months 1994-1995. Most of the work consisted of working through countertransference issues in my trainee-ship, FOO issues, etc. In 1998, I needed a new clinical supervisor to contract with the agency I work for. I contacted him, 2 years+ after our last contact, and asked if he thought he could do it. I trusted him, he knew my clinical and personal issues, and we had not seen each other in a long time. I only needed about 6 more months of supervision. He said he thought we could do it. We met several times prior to formalizing this relationship. We discussed our concerns, my fears and hopes (the good news was he knew my "stuff"...the bad news was he knew my "stuff"!). We talked about new boundaries and expectations. We discussed never being in a therapist/client relationship again, and put "closure" on that time in our lives. We checked with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and our professional associations. We then wrote a contract. I finished my hours, and passed both of my exams, and am now licensed. He was a tremendous help to me, a great teacher and mentor. We still see each other for lunch now and again, talk on the phone, and exchange the occasional email. I'm very fond of him, and I believe he is of me too. There has never been a problem between us in regard to our previous relationships.
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