I feel sooo bad

I was getting sexually harassed by a Dad of one of the kids I worked with...so I just decided I couldn't work with that family anymore and got them taken off my case load. I feel relieved, but also crappy erghhh.
I know I did the right thing...but still erghhhhhhhh

 

Don't feel crappy, you just decided not to handle them, that's not bad...

 

thats really crappy, but glad you got out of that situation

 

what was he doing?

 

I called to say I was going to be late once and he said he was going to spank me...I shit you not. Then he rubbed my lower back and my shoulders, calls me sweetheart every chance he gets.
I ran into in the grocery store and he was calling all these psychologists I work with the C work. Then he told me if I told Cock sucking Dr... (my boss) he was going to pull his daughters out of therapy.
The last straw was last week when I came over and he was wearing no shirt and shorts and he was flirting with his 13-year-old daughters friend who was in her underwear and a t-shirt.

 

fair enough.

The reasons shouldnt' really matter. If you feel ethically obligated to cease working with such a family then no one is going to shit on ya.

 

yeah, i don't see how that kid would need your help...

 

Yeah, but in eithics class they tell you if a situation makes you feel so uncomftrable you can't work comftrabley then you can't be effective.

 

I'm sorry I didn't know I caused this much harm.

Peace

 

this makes sense, but then is there anybody who would be comfortable in such a situation?

i suppose a male would probably be a little better off at least.

if this is an extreme, unique situation that makes you seriously uncomfortable, then i understand completely your not wanting to do it. i'm just hoping that this isn't a sign of a pattern of dumping clients every time you perceive them as being interested in you

 

I want to be a child psychologist. I am currently working a a beahvioralist for children and do family counseling sessions when the therapist says the family is stable enough to just need a bhaviorlist for counseling and not a licensed therapist. I was not performing family counseling with this family.
Both my clinical supervisor and my boss gave me the go ahead on two occasions to drop this family before I decided to.
What do you do for work? Just curious.

 

i see, fair enough then.

at the moment, i run a pizza shop

 

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the Dad needs to be watched.... Closely.

 

Well I for one am glad she is dropping this client. The guy is just on a power trip. He will ONLY allow females to counsel his kids, and he treats all the couselors like he treats Bela, says if a man ever comes over he will stop using the service. I applaud Bela, she has tried to think of the child for as long as she could, but the child doesnt want to be helped, the father is an ass, and if I go kick him square in the junk, Bela will never get to work with kids again.

 

Damnit, thats frustrating.

 

That's terrible.

Sorry L. That's really a horrible situation. I suppose it's good that you're getting out of it.

 

Id feel uncomfortable leaving the child in his care.

 

No kidding. But unfortunatly I don't think theres anything they can do. Theres simply nothing they have the power to do.

You know how many cases an average social worker has in the US? 18.

In Texas is 56.

There is simply not the care people need.

 

We need a hero, lode.

 

All we can do is pay attention to the issues offering as much help as we can, and trying to effect change.

That makes us heros.