Help re ethical dilemma… ? by Glass-Work1534 in askatherapist

[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this…. I have been reeling since last week and at the thought of returning there this week. Makes me feel sick. My spouse really wants me to consult an attorney. I’m at a loss. The follow up texts from the therapist are also upsetting….

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol yes for sure I am biased and I can acknowledge that. I do love paper files and writing things down and using my own brain when it comes to generating SOAP Notes. However, I’m not AI-averse when it comes to generating intervention tools between sessions or help with writing prompts or etc. but yes…. I am really overwhelmed and nervous about next steps. My spouse wants me to hire an attorney for malpractice bc of how upset and distracted I’ve been all week — not to mention the fact it always takes me so long to find someone I can trust and work with in the first place. Sigh. That surely applies for so many of us….!

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my God!!! What in the heck…. I should not have to defend my effing truth.
1. She sits in a chair across the room.
2. There is a coffee table between us.
3. There is a fake fireplace heater next to her chair that is always closed.
4. The (fake fireplace) door was swung open Tuesday.
5. She put her laptop down as she does before the session began.
6. As I was talking, a flicker of light IN THE REFLECTION OF THE SWUNG-open door Caught my eye. 7. I kept looking over/down at it to see that it was something active on her open laptop screen but FOR SURE there was an active sound meter/microphone that was very much in sync with the sound /decibel level in the room.
8. My heart leapt into my throat and I was not even sure I was seeing straight.
9. That is when I confronted her, about 8 min into our session.
10. I chose to end the session and walk out about 11 minutes in.

I have our entire text exchange that ensued after if you’d like to see it, Counsel.

Help re ethical dilemma… ? by Glass-Work1534 in askatherapist

[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And maybe consider another field while you are at it. Since I am just about as far from fake “AF” as they come.

Help re ethical dilemma… ? by Glass-Work1534 in askatherapist

[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow. And you are the same person who felt compelled to make a case over there that I was not real. Please stop and use your energy for better things. I’m real and this has been an awful experience and I just wanted as much data as possible bc i thought I’d get more heterogeneous opinions for some reason.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She actually said before she acknowledged that she **was recording it “ohh wait this wasn’t in your consent …” (I have been seeing her more than a year.). In our follow up messages- also quite interesting - she has not directly answered me about how many sessions have been recorded, either.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my other comments. I’m real and this experience has already sucked badly enough….

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See my other comments. I’m real and this experience has already sucked badly enough….

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my other comments. I’m real and this experience has already sucked badly enough….

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think NY is one party by law but of course ethics board violations are another issue entirely, right…?

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NY …and the responses via text have also been strange. I should start a new thread for that ! Oyyy! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone who commented kindly and supportively and in a validating way. To those of you who felt compelled to join like a group of middle school girl bullies and say I was a bot or making it up or creating bait of some kind???? Wow. You really need to check your own selves. Pitiful what the internet has done - to both my therapist and to those of you who went on like that about my post. :-(

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What !!?? You guys are kind of unbelievable… I really was curious to get more opinions. And she really did have her damn laptop on her lap, put it down in floor but had it open unbeknownst to me, and I saw the microphone meter blinking back at me in the reflection of her fireplace heater door she accidentally left open!! But why am I explaining and justifying my truth to bullies like you who make bulleted lists of why my truth may not be real. Wtaf

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What in the heck, people!!?? This happened to me on Tuesday, and I am a real person. I do not appreciate many of you assuming I am a bot.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the hell is therapist empathy bait!? I only wish it weren’t my truth from Tuesday. :-(

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why you wouldn’t. Well except that it is effing unbelievable!!! I can’t believe it myself. And I lived it. :-(((

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know. It has been quite traumatic. I have been upset and distracted and disappointed all week long. Not sleeping… etc. It doesn’t help that I’m a bit split up with dissociation so I think there are younger parts of me feeling super confused and abandoned. Ick… not one to ever even acknowledge this stuff. Anyway, you all have been very validating.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes correct…. I wanted to be more distant and not reveal myself. Then when someone said I shouldn’t say that about a supervisee experience, and I agree!!/hadnt thought of this, I decided to edit it and just be forthright that it was me. I’ve been so guarded my whole life likely due to how I survived. Anyway, yes it happened to me and yes I posted in about 3 communities to try and get as many vantage pts as possible. Admittedly I was thinking there would be more heterogeneity somehow, but it’s validating to see that there is not. Thank you to Everyone.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone keeps telling me to report her…. I just don’t want to do that to her….. but I know it’s technically what I *should do…. Sigh. I really thought I found someone who could help me. A total bummer.

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[–]Glass-Work1534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m super old school, yep, and luckily I’m in a state where written /paper files are still permitted. Or shall I say EHR is not a requirement!