Posts Tagged ‘ethics’

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My E-Therapist and I Met in a Dating Chat Room

Last updated 2nd June 2008

Q: I am in therapy with a psychologist through e-therapy. I recently learned in my second session that he and I were together in the same dating chat room. He disclosed a lot of personal information to me and vice versa. What should I do?

A: I would recommend finding another therapist. You didn’t mention [...]

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Marital Counselor Had an Affair with My Husband

Last updated 22nd May 2008

Q: My husband and I were seeing counselors at the same counseling center to try and restore our marriage. My husband’s counselor almost immediately gave him 24 hour a day access to her. He was able to call her cell phone, home phone and office phone. He stopped seeing her after a few months and [...]

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My Psychiatrist Won’t Listen To Me

Last updated 21st May 2008

Q: After a series of stressful events (family surgeries, putting a son in jail, discovering another child’s addiction to meth, the death of an employee’s child, etc.) I finally had to face the fact that I was severely depressed. I began seeing a wonderful psychiatrist who had treated me for a milder depression about 5 [...]

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Why Call a Person ‘Mentally Ill’ if They Are Happy?

Last updated 29th April 2008

Q: I’ve always been curious about the classification of mental “illnesses.” I can understand why a condition would be termed an illness if it makes someone unstable enough to commit murder or cause other types of pain, but what about those situations of “abnormality” where the individual is happy? I was reading about “abnormal” personalities [...]

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I’m Attracted to My Son’s Former Psychiatrist

Last updated 16th April 2008

Q: I feel embarrassed to say this, but I feel an attraction to my son’s former psychiatrist. I am a 35 yr. old female going through a very difficult moment in my life — divorcing an abusive husband, switching jobs, dealing with a pre-teenager with behavioral problems, etc. Emotionally I am very fragile right now. [...]

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