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What do you think of Stephanie’s therapist waiting so long to discuss her diagnosis? What is your emerging philosophy about discussing diagnostic concerns with clients?
Stephanie did not see her therapist till she was 22. By that time Stephanie had experienced a great deal of psychological and physical pain in her lifetime. Stephanie’s therapist was in the wrong. Who can possibly want to live in the unknown, especially for seven years. According to Smith (2021), diagnosis can create uneasiness but at the same time it can provide the necessary foundation to help with treatment. A diagnosis actually puts a name to the mental health issue.
My emerging philosophy about discussing diagnostic concerns with clients. Make sure you have the training and qualification to be giving a diagnosis in the first place. Follow the NASW’s code of conduct and ethics. If the therapists have the right credentials and experience, then waiting is not an option, let the client know where they stand and work from there. This is very much like going to get a physical and having to wait for the results, the anxiety and pain of not knowing can be brutal. Once the results are known, then the healing can begin.
Stephanie’s statement “thirty years on the earth and half of them sad.” True Stephanie liked her therapists, but keeping someone in the dark, in my opinion waiting this long for a diagnosis, is counterproductive. According to Aultman J. (2016), even if there is some doubt about a diagnosis then a provisional diagnosis is helpful. “A provisional diagnosis promotes objective diagnosing and honest reporting, which is essential for providing effective treatments and advancing medical science and classification practices. Stephanie’s therapist, even if she had some doubts, had the obligation to give Stephanie some kind of diagnosis to work with.
