Posted by deets on November 7, 2002, at 18:48:56
In reply to has this happened to you?, posted by judy1 on October 30, 2002, at 4:33:15
I've had similar things happen to me. For example, when discussing my eating disorder I've had a therapist say, "Yeah. I know what you mean. I was on this diet one time . . . ." I stopped going to her.
Self-disclosure on the part of the therapist is very unproffesional. You're paying your therapist to talk about yourself, you don't need their issues on top of yours. Every counseling class I've taken so far has stressed many times that the therapist should not talk about themselves. It's not productive to you and it disregards the profesional boundaries of the therepeutic relationship. Not to mention that it's a waste of your time & money. I'd find a new therapist.
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