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Therapist ethics

posted 16 years ago by WarpedRecord
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Wouldn't a therapist be required to disclose the truth to her client when she learns that the client is dating her son?

[–] Zim_Babwe 15 years ago

Absolutely. It's called conflict of interest. They should have immediately transferred/referred the patient to another therapist.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

Thanks. I would think so. Obviously the writers took some liberties here, as did Meryl Streep's character!

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[–] beavertoof 12 years ago

I thought that scenario seemed very unlikely to happen, but it did make for a fun movie!

[–] joanna164 12 years ago

im writing a paper about that for a psych class....he movie was quite cute...meryl streep is always entertaining and uma thurman i ussually do not like but i found her charming in this

[–] olliemankz 10 years ago

I'm wondering though if there was a little room for judgment there. Maybe it was just for the movie's plot, but Lisa did go to see her own therapist and explain that she was trying to stand by her patient, who would probably have liked to have stuck with her. I think Lisa was hoping the relationship was going to peter out quickly, lol, and no one would be the wiser. Although, yes, that probably flew in the face of ethics, it might have been one of those "just do it and ask forgiveness later if necessary" sort of calls.