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Can a psychiatrist have a relationship with a patient?
Ethically you cannot have a doctor/patient (or even a former patient) relationship and a parent/child relationship with the same individual. Section 1, Paragraph 1 of the Principles of Medical Ethics Applicable to Psychiatry states that “a psychiatrist shall not gratify his or her own needs by exploiting the patient.
Can psychiatrists treat friends?
For the psychiatrist, there is, instead, a caution against treating members of the same family. This practice is thought to endanger the relationship between therapist and patient. The result is an unwarranted breach of confidentiality that may sabotage therapeutic success.
Can I ask out my psychiatrist?
7. Can I ask My Therapist What He/She Thinks of Me? Yes, you can, and yes you should. This is a reasonable question to ask a therapist, and any good therapist will be happy to answer.
Can you fall in love with your psychiatrist?
Falling in love with your psychiatrist can be a normal part of therapy. Known as transference, the patient is transferring feelings she has toward a parent or authority figure, onto the therapist. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform.
Should I talk to my psychiatrist about my feelings for her?
Anyone who has positive or negative feelings towards her psychiatrist during therapy should discuss those feelings, no matter how uncomfortable that discussion may be. For many patients, it provides an opportunity to gain greater understanding of themselves, offering a path to emotional health.
Can a psychiatrist help me deal with my past relationships?
A few people can’t handle it, and an experienced psychiatrist knows how to spot them and help them deal with their problems in the present. For most patients, talking about those feelings with the therapist and learning how they relate to past relationships often speeds up emotional growth, recovery and health.
How do Psychiatrists deal with transference?
An ethical, well-trained psychiatrist, however, knows how to deal with his own emotional reactions to his patient’s expressions of transference. Freud used the term countertransference to refer to the therapist’s emotional responses to a patient during psychotherapy.