I have a couple of mental health diagnoses that I am careful to treat and monitor by professionals.
I had my car accident in October that I’m still recovering from. I cannot walk without a walker, but at least I am no longer in a wheelchair. The physical problems, inability to leave my home, etc began causing emotional stress. I went to part-time.
Enter patient 1. Admitted to significant sx on the PAI and when interviewed, gave a full report. We later did the SCID which resulted in a non-autism dx. He was furious. Absolutely livid. His therapist refused to talk to me after calling me a liar. The client harassed me endlessly in ways I won’t disclose. I’m keeping this obscure. These details are all close but no cigar. The result of this was that I took a 2- month leave from work. I’m not blaming this client. It was just the straw that broke the camels back.
I got a call from the state supervision program that this person complained about my fitness to practice. I know it’s client 1 because the wording of the complaint was exactly the same as this client used with me.
I was told I either cooperate or they turn me into the board. It was very aggressive. Had the intake meeting and she said I had to release all medical and mental health records so she would know if I was being honest. Then asked super intrusive questions. Based on my answers I was told 2 years supervised practice 😳. But she said that could change to more after getting my records. She demanded last full 6 therapy and med provider notes.
I think this is @ss ridiculous and I haven’t complied yet. My therapist and I talked about highly sensitive topics recently unrelated to my fitness to work. I think I deserve privacy. I get the protect the public thing, but I just took two months off of work by myself recognizing that physical and emotional stress was getting to me. I was proactive about monitoring myself.
What about my rights? I have emails and phone messages proving endless harassment. I’m not allowed to take action against a crazy client but they can take action like this against me? How is this fair? Also, how is simply having a history of ptsd and ocd enough to warrant two years of supervised practice? W T giant F?
This has been the worst experience. At this point, I am considering just closing my practice and working as a greeter at WalMart. Seriously, how can one disaffected client have so much power? I’m sick over this.
I had my car accident in October that I’m still recovering from. I cannot walk without a walker, but at least I am no longer in a wheelchair. The physical problems, inability to leave my home, etc began causing emotional stress. I went to part-time.
Enter patient 1. Admitted to significant sx on the PAI and when interviewed, gave a full report. We later did the SCID which resulted in a non-autism dx. He was furious. Absolutely livid. His therapist refused to talk to me after calling me a liar. The client harassed me endlessly in ways I won’t disclose. I’m keeping this obscure. These details are all close but no cigar. The result of this was that I took a 2- month leave from work. I’m not blaming this client. It was just the straw that broke the camels back.
I got a call from the state supervision program that this person complained about my fitness to practice. I know it’s client 1 because the wording of the complaint was exactly the same as this client used with me.
I was told I either cooperate or they turn me into the board. It was very aggressive. Had the intake meeting and she said I had to release all medical and mental health records so she would know if I was being honest. Then asked super intrusive questions. Based on my answers I was told 2 years supervised practice 😳. But she said that could change to more after getting my records. She demanded last full 6 therapy and med provider notes.
I think this is @ss ridiculous and I haven’t complied yet. My therapist and I talked about highly sensitive topics recently unrelated to my fitness to work. I think I deserve privacy. I get the protect the public thing, but I just took two months off of work by myself recognizing that physical and emotional stress was getting to me. I was proactive about monitoring myself.
What about my rights? I have emails and phone messages proving endless harassment. I’m not allowed to take action against a crazy client but they can take action like this against me? How is this fair? Also, how is simply having a history of ptsd and ocd enough to warrant two years of supervised practice? W T giant F?
This has been the worst experience. At this point, I am considering just closing my practice and working as a greeter at WalMart. Seriously, how can one disaffected client have so much power? I’m sick over this.
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