{"id":1980,"date":"2026-08-31T13:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drhamidyousefi.com\/dos-and-donts-of-psychotherapy-and-counseling\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:25:47","slug":"dos-and-donts-of-psychotherapy-and-counseling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drhamidyousefi.com\/en\/dos-and-donts-of-psychotherapy-and-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Psychotherapy and Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What Is a Psychotherapist\/Counselor Not Allowed to Do?<\/h1>\n<p>In the process of psychotherapy and counseling,<\/p>\n<p>the relationship between the therapist and the client is based on trust, an inherent power imbalance, and strict confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the client&#8217;s vulnerability and the nature of psychological dynamics,<\/p>\n<p>international ethical codes (such as the APA Ethical Principles and the ethical frameworks governing psychology within individual countries) have established clear and non-negotiable boundaries for therapists.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically and systematically, the things that a psychotherapist or counselor is not permitted to do fall into the following categories:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Violating Relationship Boundaries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entering into an emotional or sexual relationship:<\/strong> Under no circumstances may a therapist enter into an emotional, romantic, or sexual relationship with a client during the course of treatment. According to APA standards, even after therapy has ended, sexual relationships are prohibited for a specified period of time (generally at least two years, and under some approaches indefinitely) because of the risk of exploiting the dynamics of the previous therapeutic transference. Such conduct constitutes a serious professional and disciplinary violation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creating dual or multiple relationships:<\/strong> A therapist should not simultaneously enter into a business transaction, professional partnership, close friendship, or family relationship with a client. Treating close relatives or intimate friends is also prohibited because it can compromise clinical objectivity and professional neutrality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communicating outside the therapeutic framework:<\/strong> Unnecessary contact, socializing on social media, spending time together outside the clinic, or arranging non-therapeutic meetings constitutes an explicit violation of clinical boundaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Violating the Principle of Autonomy and Passing Judgment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Imposing personal, religious, or ideological values:<\/strong> A therapist has no right to impose their personal, religious, political, or lifestyle beliefs on a client, or to judge the client&#8217;s behavior according to the therapist&#8217;s own personal moral standards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making decisions on behalf of the client:<\/strong> The therapist&#8217;s role is to facilitate insight and strengthen psychological agency, not to dictate life decisions such as, \u201cYou must get divorced,\u201d \u201cQuit your job,\u201d or \u201cCut this person out of your life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Using conversion therapy:<\/strong> Attempting to change a client&#8217;s sexual orientation or gender identity through non-standard and harmful techniques is contrary to the principles of biomedical and clinical ethics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Violating Confidentiality<\/h3>\n<p>A therapist has no right to disclose any part of a client&#8217;s identifying information, personal records, or the content of therapy sessions, except in legally recognized exceptions and psychiatric emergency triage situations, including:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>An immediate and definite risk of self-harm<\/strong> (serious suicidal intent).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A serious risk of harm to another person<\/strong> (a threat of murder or severe physical harm \u2014 based on the well-known <em>Tarasoff Rule<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reports of child abuse, elder abuse, or abuse of vulnerable or incapacitated individuals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A formal and direct order from a competent judicial authority.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>(Even in these circumstances, the therapist is permitted to disclose only the minimum information necessary to the relevant party, rather than the individual&#8217;s complete personal history or all details of their life.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>4. Technical, Diagnostic, and Intervention-Related Violations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prescribing medication (by a non-physician psychologist\/counselor):<\/strong> If the therapist is not a psychiatrist (MD), they have absolutely no right to prescribe psychiatric medication, change its dosage, or recommend discontinuing psychiatric medication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working outside one&#8217;s area of expertise and competence:<\/strong> Entering areas in which the therapist has not received adequate training or supervision\u2014for example, treating severe dissociative disorders or acute addictions without the appropriate specialization\u2014is a violation of clinical ethics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Using techniques that lack clinical evidence:<\/strong> Employing pseudoscientific, \u201cpop psychology,\u201d energy-healing, or otherwise unproven methods under the label of scientific psychotherapy is unethical.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Artificially prolonging therapy for financial gain:<\/strong> Continuing the therapeutic process when the client has already achieved their treatment goals, an unhealthy dependency on the therapist has developed, or continued sessions provide no meaningful clinical benefit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Excessive Self-Disclosure<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A therapist has no right to use the client&#8217;s session time and money to discuss their own personal problems, vent, or emotionally unload.<\/strong> Self-disclosure in psychotherapy is a highly limited, sensitive, and purposeful tool that is considered appropriate only when it directly serves the client&#8217;s therapeutic process and recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>6. Psychological Abuse and Manipulation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Using the position of power instrumentally:<\/strong> Blaming a client for a lack of progress, creating false feelings of guilt, or belittling the client&#8217;s emotions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exploiting the client&#8217;s work or services:<\/strong> Asking for discounts or receiving specialized services from the client free of charge or at an unreasonably low cost\u2014for example, requesting legal services from a client who is a lawyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>In short, the therapy room should be a safe, predictable, neutral environment, free from the therapist&#8217;s personal interests.<\/p>\n<p>Any behavior that turns the client into a \u201ctool\u201d for fulfilling the therapist&#8217;s emotional, financial, sexual, ideological, or psychological needs constitutes a fundamental violation of the principles of <strong>non-maleficence<\/strong> and <strong>beneficence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mental Health<\/h2>\n<p>Here, writings and materials related to psychology and psychiatry are shared.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udd94 <strong>Channel ID:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ble.ir\/jamehvasalamtravan\">https:\/\/ble.ir\/jamehvasalamtravan<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dr. Hamid Yousefi&#8217;s Website<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Psychiatrist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drhamidyousefi.com\/\">https:\/\/www.drhamidyousefi.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is a Psychotherapist\/Counselor Not Allowed to Do? 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