I am also a psychologist and have read through some(but not all) of the communication you are concerned about. I can see your connundrum here. On the positive side, this kid seems to have made a real connection with this psychologist, a connection which he does not seem to have with any other adult in his life, but which he sorely needs. On the other hand, I can't really figure out where she is going. Is she responding to his desperation and so just wants to keep him "talking"? I keep on thinking she's going to introduce the notion that he seems to really like sharing his ideas and feelings and seems to be able to work some things out when he does. That this is exactly the sort of thing that happens in good therapy. So in answer to your question about whether these discussions are interfering with his therapy, I think this IS his therapy! I don't know if you feel you want to contact the psychologist again and talk to her in a bit more depth about what you are concerned about, but her discussion with this kid has definitely gone beyond advice giving! In addition, I believe the situation raises a larger question which you may be thinking about as well. That is, what is the ethical implication here. As psycholigists, what is our professional responsibility here, yours as a the primary professional observer of the situation and hers as a clinician? I don't know if this has been useful to you, but, I would interested to hear what your current thoughts are and to discuss this further. Shellie Miller
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