Factor To Consider Assisting In Avoiding Therapy Abuse

By Ines Flores


It is important to ensure healthy relationship between the client and the therapists as this is fundamental in promoting productive therapeutic processes. Therapy abuse refers to use unbalance power existing between the counselor and client to exploit, manipulate as well as control their client for personal gains rather than the interest of the client. This often occurs in divergent forms for example, abandoning the client, engaging into unethical conducts, encouraging dependency among others.

In most cases people tend to seek therapeutic services with an intention of improving their situation. This includes improving their relationship and resolving psychological challenges. This is often achieved whereby a good rapport is developed between the client and the counselor. Therefore, making it mandatory to enhance healthy relationship during this process, through this the client will express their feelings, thoughts and emotions.

During counseling process the counselee often have a significant amount as well as influence over their clients thereby making the therapeutic relationship imbalance. Client always respects the opinion and appreciates the guidance of their counselors. In some cases they are perceived as parents to client who had experienced childhood neglect and abuse. That is, the approval, validation and acceptance of opinion are replaced with what they did not receive during childhood. In addition, adult who had previously experienced childhood abuse are a higher risk of being abused in a therapeutic relationship.

Research indicates that, if a client was abused or abandoned child, they are more likely never to develop self-worth, self-esteem and appropriate boundaries. In the event that a person has not developed above things they are more likely to be a target for adult abuse. Notably, such individuals who have experienced an abuse in the past might not be able to distinguish between a violation and therapeutic process.

According to various research findings, abused or abandoned children are likely not to develop self-esteem, appropriate boundaries and self-worth. However, if a client has not developed such things they are prone to be target for abuse. Since, they have experienced an abuse in the past, they might not be able to distinguish between therapeutic and violation process.

One can easily tell that they are being abused by the service providers, for instance, unprofessional activities, humiliation, intimidation, degrading, making erotic or sexual suggestive comments that are most likely to intimidate their clients among other activities. This makes it necessary to seek such services from alternative service providers.

It is important to seek professional assistance when faced with such challenges such as being abused. You can talk to your parents, spouse, friends as well as family members. They also need to seek services from online data bases to access information about the best individuals and organizations. You need to file complain or a legal suit as well as contacting the police. Through this one will able to report the issues or challenges faced in such situations.

Most importantly, therapeutic process often involves assisting the client in dealing with their problems. This therefore, implies that if professionally trained individuals who are not experienced and licensed to provide such services are not engaged, quality outcome might not be achieved. This is instrumental in improving quality service to clients.




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