Ways Of Avoiding Therapy Abuse

By Ines Flores


It is important to promote a healthy relationship between the therapist and the client. Therapy abuse is defined as using imbalance of power in the therapeutic relationship to manipulate, control and exploit their clients. This often occurs in many forms, for instance, therapists encouraging their clients to do certain activities that are not within the best interest of the client, encouraging dependency, using their vulnerability for advantage, abandoning clients as well as engaging in unethical conducts with the clients.

In most cases people seek therapeutic assistance for various reasons. That is to improve their condition by providing healthy relationship in which clients feels safe and secure. Therefore, building relationship trust is essential in providing a healthy and stable environment making it possible for the client to express their troublesome feelings and emotions.

During this process, counselors are viewed to be having significant influence on their clients and their information is often taking with a lot of interest. That is, their opinions are respected and followed with little criticism. In some instances, they are viewed as parents especially by individuals who had previously faced neglect and child abuse. They often accept, validate and approve these opinions and replace them with those which they did not receive during their early years. It can also be noted that such individuals are at higher risks than their counterparts.

It is important to note that in the therapeutic process the counselee have significant influences on their clients making the relationship between the therapists and the clients. In most cases, client respects their opinions and follows the guidance of counselor. Most individuals perceive such service providers as parents especially those who experienced abuse or neglect and child abuse. They approve, accept and validate opinion as it replaces those they did not receive during childhood. In addition, adults who had previously experienced childhood abuse are at higher risk of abuse during therapeutic process.

Their power is significantly influences clients. Therefore, might offer a long lasting damage or recovery plan. These abuses regularly occur and most of the instances go unreported. It is important to note that the process might negatively affect the client leading to suicidal attempts and hospitalization of the victims.

One can recognize whether they are at risk of being a victim of such abuse. For instance, if something seems off, you need to trust your instinct and seek an alternative therapeutic assistance. When you have realized that your therapist seems to be unprofessional, humiliating, degrading, intimidating, making suggestive, sexual or erotic comments among others.

One might be wondering about where can seek help in case of such problems. You need to talk to a friend, parent or spouse in the event of such occurrence. You can also seek information from the websites about individuals or organizations that can help in such situations. One can also seek another therapist. In addition, you can contact legal counsel, or file a board complaint or talk to the police.

Therapeutic process is aimed at making individuals to encounter and adjust to life challenges. Therefore, it is important to seek the service of professionally trained individuals who are experienced and licensed to offer such services to minimize harmful effects.




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