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When therapy partners have different approaches to professional identity and disclosure

My therapy practice partner and I realize we have different comfort levels with how much of our own identities and experiences to bring into our clinical work. It's affecting how we make decisions about client referrals, workshop topics, and even office policies, but we've been treating it like a clinical disagreement when it's really about who we are as people.

Juana
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What we've seen

Two practitioners are learning that clinical philosophy and personal boundaries are more intertwined than they expected.

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