Posted by Dinah on March 3, 2005, at 22:18:00
In reply to Re: What timing, posted by Skittles on March 3, 2005, at 20:58:39
Oh my heavens. I'm so sorry, Skittles. That's an unenviable task no matter how you look at it. Doesn't she have any colleagues that can do it? It isn't at *all* fair to put it on you. And some of her clients may need professional assistance as well. A referral, or something.
My advice would be to remember who she is friendly with, if she can't help enough to give you a name, and call them to ask to call the clients.
When my therapist said he imagined his wife would call if he died, I blessed him out but good, and gave him a copy of an article on the proper procedure for this sort of thing.
http://www.nesttd.org/Thinking.htm
It's not right for you or your mother's clients for you to be making these calls, IMHO. They need help from someone in a position to give it. And you have enough to deal with without having hysterical clients on your hands.
And no matter how you told me that my therapist was possibly no longer available to me, I'd be hysterical. Guilty, because I'd know the family had enough to deal with, but hysterical. And I might well need professional assistance.
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