Dear Jo
> She has a theory that a moderate amount of alcohol can result
> in clients being less inhibited and therefore more inclined to
> disclose. She believes counselling in this way speeds up
> the 'healing' process.
Drinking alcohol may well 'disinhibit the client and make them
more inclined to disclose', but I am not sure that it is
sufficient 'reason' to accept the person drinking alcohol before
counselling. I have some reservations on, one, the ethics of
counselling someone who has drunk sufficient to disinhibit
themselves and may disclose information which they wouldn't
normally do if sober; and, two, whether the person if they did
drinkl sufficient to do so, would feel 'good' (or better) about
it once they were sober again. I would go so far as to suggest
that it could 'slow' or even stop the 'healing process'.
This seems a rather appropriate topic for the time of year and
at first sight looks as though it might stir up quite a
discussion, so Season's Greetings to you and your supervisee.
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Best wishes
Paul
"All that I can do is tell the truth. No, that isn't so - I have missed it. There is no truth that, in passing through awareness, does not lie.
But one runs after it all the same." (Jacques Lacan)
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