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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 572798" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>^^ What Signora said about HIPAA.</p><p></p><p>I think that I need to add that if you push this matter with the therapist, the HIPAA applies to her patient, which is your difficult child, not you and not your husband. While difficult child may have given her permission - or failed to deny her permission - to talk to you at this point, difficult child <em>can</em> take that privilege away, and unless she is threatening harm the therapist will back her on this. I'd do my best to not let difficult child have a CLUE that anyone is talking about her privilege with her therapist, because she's 15 years old and she'll take control of that situation in a heartbeat just because she <em>can.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>I'm going to start with my advice for you because it is very important. <strong>Whatever you do, do NOT call the therapist office and make a stink about <em>your</em> sister in law, <em>your</em> privilege, or<em> their</em> confidentiality policy.</strong></p><p></p><p>As to your sister in law? Let <em>her</em> make a fool of herself. She's already passing that test with flying colors. Here's the <em>only thing</em> that the therapist is going to be "ok" right off the bat with:</p><p></p><p>You, husband, sister in law, and possibly difficult child (or without difficult child but <em>only</em> with difficult child's knowledge) meet with therapist to attempt to come up with a plan of action for difficult child's immediate future that all parties can agree to. PERIOD.</p><p></p><p>If sister in law calls and asks for an appointment to discuss her feelings on difficult child, what in the <em>world</em> makes her think that the scheduler is going to accommodate her when they won't accommodate you? I'd tell sister in law to go right ahead and try, and that she should be aware that she will be responsible for payment for any and all services she arranges or attends without your presence.</p><p></p><p>If sister in law <em>lies</em> and makes an appointment for herself - which would be an intake appointment where they would first hand her a diagnostic test before she ever got into the room - <em>if</em> she could get past the test and into the room she'd find herself with a diagnosis of her own, and it wouldn't be something simple. I suspect that she'd be viewed as a Borderline Personality Disorder, or a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. People in good mental health do not <em>ever</em> lie their way into a therapist's office to discuss their life plan for their 15 year old niece to come live with them without the knowledge and/or consent of the parents. <em>EVER.</em> Worrying about what the therapist will say to her, or worrying that the therapist will think that she is anything other than selfish and deranged is a waste of your time and energy. Give yourself a big sigh of relief on that one right now and don't let it consume you.</p><p></p><p>Don't argue, don't say anything in anger to anyone. These are the times that try the patience of every Warrior Mom. Put on your armor, and never let them see you sweat. All of this too, shall pass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 572798, member: 99"] ^^ What Signora said about HIPAA. I think that I need to add that if you push this matter with the therapist, the HIPAA applies to her patient, which is your difficult child, not you and not your husband. While difficult child may have given her permission - or failed to deny her permission - to talk to you at this point, difficult child [I]can[/I] take that privilege away, and unless she is threatening harm the therapist will back her on this. I'd do my best to not let difficult child have a CLUE that anyone is talking about her privilege with her therapist, because she's 15 years old and she'll take control of that situation in a heartbeat just because she [I]can. [/I]I'm going to start with my advice for you because it is very important. [B]Whatever you do, do NOT call the therapist office and make a stink about [I]your[/I] sister in law, [I]your[/I] privilege, or[I] their[/I] confidentiality policy.[/B] As to your sister in law? Let [I]her[/I] make a fool of herself. She's already passing that test with flying colors. Here's the [I]only thing[/I] that the therapist is going to be "ok" right off the bat with: You, husband, sister in law, and possibly difficult child (or without difficult child but [I]only[/I] with difficult child's knowledge) meet with therapist to attempt to come up with a plan of action for difficult child's immediate future that all parties can agree to. PERIOD. If sister in law calls and asks for an appointment to discuss her feelings on difficult child, what in the [I]world[/I] makes her think that the scheduler is going to accommodate her when they won't accommodate you? I'd tell sister in law to go right ahead and try, and that she should be aware that she will be responsible for payment for any and all services she arranges or attends without your presence. If sister in law [I]lies[/I] and makes an appointment for herself - which would be an intake appointment where they would first hand her a diagnostic test before she ever got into the room - [I]if[/I] she could get past the test and into the room she'd find herself with a diagnosis of her own, and it wouldn't be something simple. I suspect that she'd be viewed as a Borderline Personality Disorder, or a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. People in good mental health do not [I]ever[/I] lie their way into a therapist's office to discuss their life plan for their 15 year old niece to come live with them without the knowledge and/or consent of the parents. [I]EVER.[/I] Worrying about what the therapist will say to her, or worrying that the therapist will think that she is anything other than selfish and deranged is a waste of your time and energy. Give yourself a big sigh of relief on that one right now and don't let it consume you. Don't argue, don't say anything in anger to anyone. These are the times that try the patience of every Warrior Mom. Put on your armor, and never let them see you sweat. All of this too, shall pass. [/QUOTE]
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