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Desperate - therapist disclosed csa to mother

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I know in the United States all abuse is required to be reported regardless of age of the pe...

I only know that my CSA was briefly discussed giving statement in sensitive crime unit in US.

I do not want to give graphic or triggering discussion as to why but it impacts my adult sexual behavior when ’told’ to do something’. It explained an action. The police officer was understanding, explained thus was not uncommon.

Never was I pushed to report this too.


That may be something that varies by state. It's not true where I live.
I am guessing its also not true where I was raped as my CSA was discussed but it was ok that it was not reported. It was raised as an explanation to a detail.

My rape did not gave to be reported by the rape advocate either, but once told to a police officer the nature of it meant it had to be reported to a DA.
 
Sorry, messed up posting: Thought I had deleted my first post there with the option of the second simpler one


Apogies for mess.

Any way.

In UK I am talking with my therapist. I am not under pressure to report. It did not occur in UK ( I don’t know if therapist and I have clarified this? ) . Anyway. It's not been something I have been pushed to do.
 
England (UK) the only legal thing therapist have to report is terrorisum and money laundering/ fraud. They have no legal obligation / right to disclose historic abuse
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Sadly Star76 you are mistaken, in the UK all therapists and clinicians have had a duty to protect the vulnerable for a long time now. This means if your t thought that others were at risk of similarly being abused, or if you were at risk of continuing abuse from this person then your t was obliged to notify the local responsible safeguarding team. However on the face of what you say about the mutual friend:
My t and mum share a mutual friend. my t and then mums friend told my mother
This is an unacceptable breach of privacy and confidentiality.
If you google "safeguarding vulnerable children" and "safeguarding vulnerable adults" you will likely find the UK law, government guidance and professional guidance on this. Your t should have warned you that if she felt you or somebody else is at risk she has a duty to report what you have said.

One example of why your mother might have needed to be told (although not by a mutual friend of the t), is if you have younger siblings at risk of similar csa from the same person who harmed you.
 
I am going to drop out of this thread, its beginning to be triggering for me, as I reported my abuse when it was happening to DSS only to be told to live with it (YES, DSS was a party to the abuse by willingly allowing it to continue because of the politics of the day). Nothing worse than telling the very agency by law is charged with dealing with abuse, only to be told to live with the abuse.

Everyone else please continue, this is an important topic.
 
Thought I would give you all a quick update. I saw the psychiatrist who has medicated me so I am doing better (eating and sleeping and it has stabilised my mood ) And i am seeing him in 2 weeks. I reached a crisis point on Wednesday and phoned up said T who calmed me down and said I have every right to be angry with her and that I could and should express my anger to her. My T made a referral to social services for myself (also without my knowledge) I have seen the social Worker once and am seeing her again this week. I think they will offer me some support but I don’t want their involvement.
 
. This means if your t thought that others were at risk of similarly being abused, or if you were at risk of continuing abuse from this person then your t was obliged to notify the local responsible safeguarding team.
This duty comes about by virtue of employment contract or ethical code if the T belongs to a registering body but even then, unless there was a current risk to others the T could and should have maintained confidentiality. There’s nothing in law yet that creates a mandatory duty to report abuse and in any event the T should have discussed her need to share information with the OP unless doing so put her at increased risk.

We don’t know all the details, but in sharing with a friend of OPs mum the T acted unethically. The rest would depend on whether there were children still at risk or whether the OP was still at risk.
 
The law may have changed in Australia by now. But as far as I am aware anyone in Aus can hang a shingle o/side their door offering counselling/therapy service's & they don't have to belong to any registered governing agency or have any formal qualification. So they don't have to comply with the law. They are totally legal & it's very much 'buyer beware'.
The real psychologist's & psychiatrists must be formally qualified & registered. They are legally accountable.

So if I wanted to I could run a business here as a 'therapist' giving foot massages to treat PTSD & I could (theoretically). Bit of a language/label/title issue between countries I think.
Btw there's a lot with formal qualifications that are called psychologist's & psychiatrist's that wouldn't know a head from a foot as well! (sorry off topic)
We also have social worker's too, they have some tertiary education but might as well go get a foot massage cos they are usually useless too.

I wonder if the same goes in the UK?
 
It does - counselling and psychotherapy aren’t reserved professions here. Qualifications vary and it’s not always easy to work out what training someone has actually done.

In saying that, someone registered with one of the main registering bodies needs to evidence their training, as does someone registering with one of the independent online counselling directories. I always suggest folk do their research and, where possible go by personal recommendation. Some Ts have an incredible amount of knowledge and training but there are folk who have barely any knowledge calling themselves “counsellor”. Buyer beware indeed.
 
@Star76 glad you got appropriate treatment from psych.
Hope things settle down now but how are you handling the breach of confidence with t & by golly that's good of her to allow you to be angry with her...
 
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