As a mental health professional, I don’t think that’s true, although I don’t live in Washington State. At worst, it’s boundary crossing that could become unethical. What the therapist did wrong, ultimately, was shut down and not process this with the client at all. When I was first reading this, it sounded like he might have gotten scared stiff from his supervisor. The supervisor could have said that it was inappropriate and he was risking his license. And then that anxiety could have transferred to his interactions with the client.
As a mental health professional, I don’t think that’s true, although I don’t live in Washington State. At worst, it’s boundary crossing that could become unethical. What the therapist did wrong, ultimately, was shut down and not process this with the client at all. When I was first reading this, it sounded like he might have gotten scared stiff from his supervisor. The supervisor could have said that it was inappropriate and he was risking his license. And then that anxiety could have transferred to his interactions with the client.
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