Dipa, trenchant reflections.thanks. It just might be that when we go to the
heart of the matter, we just might find that we can not serve two masters and
that at times service may cost us. Discerning between rendering to Caesar and
rendering to the field may just well be a matter of which fields the laws serve
as the legal system itself may be serving something other than the larger field.
Service to being with a capital B might just find such laws unlawful on a
different plane. Armenians.American Blacks,Palestinians,Europenan Jews of the
Natzi Era might rapidly understand these words .Kohlbergs levels of morality 5
and 6, like Kant's categorical imperative are another shade of ethics we just
might well ponder. best joseph
Enneapsychodramatics
Dr.Joseph M. Pirone 2018033080
On Wednesday, February 06, 2008, at 09:10AM, "dipa"
<fireflyverdigris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Judith and all,
yes, this is my concern, when things may go 'awry' and clients or
their families question the legitamacy of this work - irregardless of
my intentions of truthfulness, respect and regard for the client and
the work. I am glad to hear that Judith, your open communication with
the client has helped resolve things so far.
I'm also questioning the validity of the confidentiality form that we
sign at the start of most workshops.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing that it does not over-ride
the laws of confidentiality in most countries. (at least not in
singapore. if for eg, a client admits to 'recreational drug use' or if
client expresses serious intentions to either harm self or others, the
counsellor/therapist is bound by law to disclose to the appropriate
authorities.
Here lies these grey areas in the ethics code - the subjective
assesment of if the client is for eg, seriously going to attempt
sucide after a workshop, maybe months later (and it may or may not be
related to the work.) I think this is something that we may not know.
then, the question is do I choose to disclose?
I understand that if I choose not to it may happen that if the client
is caught by the law, he/she can turn around and say, "Yes but I told
X facilitator about my intentions." Now there will arise the
consequences for the facilitator/therapist who did not act accordingly
as a proffessional.
Personally and thankfully, I have not heard of any such cases in
constellation work. Where the law has been involved. If there is, I
would be interested to know how the case was dealt with.
I may be overly cautious but I would feel safer with my clients if I
knew the ground that I walked on with regards to the law, esepcially
so when constellation work is not license or recognised as such.
It is beautiful and indeed valid to look at the bigger picture of this
work and ourselves but this will not stand in the court of law and is
anyone or anything above the law?
I think these are important issues to look at and discuss for ourselves.
Some of you may know about code of ethics and law, what are your
feelings and your take with regards to the obligation as a
proffessional to disclosure in constellation work. Do you put the
responsibility and risk upon yourselves?
with warm wishes, Dipa
--- In ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Judith <judith.hemming@...>
wrote:
about
Hi Dipa,
The code of ethics for a talk site is different from what clients and
constellators may need if things go awry in a workshop.
It may depend on how you are insured and registered, and that will be
specific to you and your situation.
It will also depend on what your clarity of intentions, truthfulness
the limits of your competence, the the way your workshops are run,and what
is expected to be each person¹s responsibility.general,
I believe that constellating practitioners must be very ethical in
because the air waves are not buzzing with concerns aboutcomplaints. And if
someone does complain it must surely be best to offer a space for theseunderstanding
concerns to be talked through until good contact and sincere
replace the hurts that may have arisen, however innocent everyone feels.occasionally a
I have been running constellations for fifteen years and very
client comes back to me with a criticism. Because my work is notpart of my
practice as a Gestalt practitioner, which would offer formal routes foralways
complaints, all that is on offer is real conversation, and this has
been enough to help everyone get back on track. But I do subscribeto the
code of ethics that supports my work as a psychotherapist. TheHippocratic
oath may need a little more detail.
I suspect we would not benefit from formalizing our offer too much. Each
person runs things a little differently, and has different emphases and
different strengths.
With best wishes,
Judith
Judith Hemming
Director, movingconstellations
www.movingconstellations.com
judith@...
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