Episode 5 - Please Don't Tackle Your Clients (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)

Therapists are not supposed to tackle their clients*. But what are the ethical limitations in trying to prevent a potential suicide attempt? Today's guest Katherine recounts her experience with a caring clinician who went to extreme lengths to protect her safety, and Dr. Ben Caldwell shares his expertise to help us understand how therapists should manage delicate yet ambiguous situations with clients.

*Unless perhaps the client is attempting to physically harm someone else in the room. Perhaps.

Show Notes:

• Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

• Bellah v. Greenson

• Dr. Ben Caldwell's Website

• Saving Psychotherapy: How Therapists Can Bring the Talking Cure Back from the Brink

• SimplePractice Learning

• Suicide Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention (6 hours CE)