"Yalom was correct when he stated "it is the relationship that cures" That Yalom fellow is alright in my book... ;) Now back to the question: Getting the diagnosis "wrong". Since I know nothing of your situation, it is more appropriate to speak hypothetically. In general, I'd say this is a pretty grey area, without more information. Was it in the ballpark? Was it really relevant to the client's treatment? (There are therapists who think diagnoses are pretty much useless. I'm not one, but they do exist). How long did treatment go on under these conditions? Did the client genuinely follow the therapist's treatment plan and it failed? Speaking only for myself, I'm much more concerned about ineffective/inappropriate treatment than I am about an inaccurate diagnosis (depending of course on how closely the two are related). I would be even more concerned that this problem could not be addressed directly with the therapist. To my mind, that's the key issue: what prevented the therapist from accepting feedback from a client? Was it labelled resistance (e.g. in drug and alcohol counseling, you find a lot of clients who think their therapist is "wrong"). What prevented the therapist from observing a lack of change/progress in symptomology? And lastly, what prevented the therapist from hearing the client when they said they were suffering and not getting better? I think the ethical conssiderations would require this information, at minimum.
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