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vendredi 12 décembre 2014

Emotional Abuse By A Psychotherapist And Its Effects On Patients

By Lucia Weeks


A person who has suffered from a traumatic disorder would usually seek treatment from psychotherapy so that they will not be haunted by their memories any longer. So as one can see, psychotherapists would actually have a very important job as they are in charge of the emotional stability of their patient. However, there are times when it is actually the therapist that does more damage as there are actually some cases of emotional abuse by a psychotherapist.

Now there are actually cases wherein a therapist would actually act unprofessional with a patient and is not aware that he is already hurting the mental health of his patient. It is actually for this reason that therapists would have a code of ethics that would include a rule on professionalism. Therapists should never act inappropriately with a patient under no circumstance.

Now one of the ways that a lot of therapists would exhibit unprofessional behavior would be getting too close to the patient. This can be quite a problem because there should always be a patient and therapist relationship that should be observed. Once this line is crossed, the patient, instead of having his or her condition better, will have his or her condition worsened.

The thing about having this kind of close relationship is that the psychotherapist might actually open up things to the patient that should not be opened up. If he or she is mentally unstable, any trigger might just spark something in his or her mind which will create a negative effect. It is for this reason that therapists are to just concentrate on treatment and not trying to make friends or trying to get close.

Now there are other cases that are more extreme wherein the therapist would actually be tactless or cold. Now as stated above, a therapist is supposed to be professional but he should be cold. Now the thing about being too tactless is that he may put off the patient by saying things that might spark a trigger in his mind.

Now if ever the patient does get hurt, he will not open up to the therapist anymore and the therapy session will be rendered useless. As a psychotherapist, one should be able to understand his patient and diagnose him. From that diagnosis, he will be able to create a solution to the problem.

Now some of the bad effects of this phenomenon would be worsening of the condition of a patient. If the patient is suffering from trauma, his fear of people might worsen and he might just clam up. Depression is also something that may stem up from this kind of situation.

So if one would want to become a therapist, he has to always take note that he is taking up an extremely important job. He should always prioritize helping his patients who are in need instead of thinking about the money they can give him. Therapists hold in their hands the lives of their patients and they are supposed to make them better. No patient should suffer anymore type of abuse especially from their therapist.




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