Long gone are the days when professional counselors could ethically speak publically about their clients simply by stripping away all of the identifying information.
These days, discussing a client at all - with or without identifying information - is not only unethical, it is also considered to {...}
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Boundaries
What To Do When Your Former Client Follows You On Twitter (Part 2 of 2)
On Tuesday, I talked with you about some of the ethical considerations and best practices when your client / former client tries to follow you on Twitter. In one of her emails to me this same therapist also brought up her sincere desire to remain as transparent as possible with her clients. That's {...}
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What To Do When Your Former Client Follows You On Twitter (Part 1 of 2)
Back in April, I received this short email that ended up resulting in a rather lengthy email exchange. Over time, it has become obvious that this is a conversation that some of you might also be interested in reading and / or contributing to.
I asked the author for permission to share a large part {...}
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Personal And Professional Names In Private Practice . . . And One Therapist’s Dilemma
Back in March, I was attending my monthly consultation group when an interesting discussion came up about naming our businesses and whether or not to use our personal names as our business names.
My colleague, Amanda Wigfield, MA, CSPT, CSAT was obviously embroiled in the middle of making this {...}
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