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Hi everyone. I know a woman with a PsyD who graduated about 6-7 years ago. She sees a few patients per week--- and talks to me about them occasionally. Is this normal? Were not friends. We do volunteer work for the same organization. It's usually in the context of her arriving somewhere, rushed and saying "so I was just meeting with this client who..... " I've always found it interesting that she uses the word "client". Instead of "patient".
Three times she has actually been doing phone appointments with patients while running errands or showing up at the charity. It's not like she is part of a group or has colleagues. She works independently and rents office space a few hours each week I think. So she has almost no accountability.
She'll tell me things about her patients that I really don't want to know. I also find myself totally shocked that she would tell me details about a client two minutes after getting off the phone with them. It's happened enough that I'm compelled to post here asking about it.
What's the deal with that? Is this common in psychology? I've known two psychiatrists in a personal level and they never uttered a word about work. But i don't know if they have different regulations because they're MD's.
I'm guessing it's not common. I'm interested to hear what people think because I've actually been wondering if there's something wrong with her. Between the openness about her patients and other things....we'll see. Looking fed to some feedback! Thanks.
Three times she has actually been doing phone appointments with patients while running errands or showing up at the charity. It's not like she is part of a group or has colleagues. She works independently and rents office space a few hours each week I think. So she has almost no accountability.
She'll tell me things about her patients that I really don't want to know. I also find myself totally shocked that she would tell me details about a client two minutes after getting off the phone with them. It's happened enough that I'm compelled to post here asking about it.
What's the deal with that? Is this common in psychology? I've known two psychiatrists in a personal level and they never uttered a word about work. But i don't know if they have different regulations because they're MD's.
I'm guessing it's not common. I'm interested to hear what people think because I've actually been wondering if there's something wrong with her. Between the openness about her patients and other things....we'll see. Looking fed to some feedback! Thanks.