Emotional Abuse By A Psychotherapist And Its Effects On Patients

By Lucia Weeks


People who have suffered psychological abuse and trauma would often go to psychotherapists in order to open up to these professionals and to also receive treatment. However, even though many people would entrust their mental health to psychotherapists, there are actually some psychotherapists who would make things worse. Alarmingly, there are a lot of cases of emotional abuse by a psychotherapist even if the therapist is not aware of it.

Now what many people are not aware of is that there are indeed a lot of therapists who do not act the way they are supposed to when around patients. Now there is a code of ethics that the professionals follow with regard to professionalism. Now there is actually a reason as to why every therapist has to follow this code of ethics.

Now there is a very common problem among therapists that they would get extremely close to their patients. Sometimes this would actually lead to the point wherein they would talk too comfortably to their patients without realizing that the line has been crossed. What many therapists do not know is that instead of making the condition of the patients better, it would get worse.

Now the problem with being too close to the patient is that the therapist might actually have the tendency to open up things that are not supposed to be opened up. Of course those who are not that stable might just crack once there is a trigger that may enter their brain. So if a therapist is too close to his patient, he might accidentally say something inappropriate or say something that may pull a trigger.

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 as a therapist, one has to be empathetic toward the patient as he has to know what the patient is going through. From there, he can use the concepts that he has learned in order to form a diagnosis. Being tactless and appearing cold will only drive patients away as they will only respond to people who understand them.

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.

Now the psychotherapist has a very important role to play in the life of the patient because it is the therapist that would actually heal the patient. This is not a job that is purely for profit as it is a job that is more about helping people instead of getting some cash. Patients who suffer from trauma are very delicate and they are trusting the therapist to make them better. It is for this reason that therapists have to give them the proper treatment.




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