Må du optage din terapisesion?

Af Mark Colclough, Parterapeut og psykoterapeut, cand. mag. 

In a digitized world, it is considered normal and common to want to integrate our technology into our everyday life. After all, 6.6 billion people now have a smartphone and we tend to conduct every area of our daily living via our device – shopping, banking, socialising, and yes, you guessed it, even therapy.

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Smart Technolgy And Internet

I min praksis giver smart teknologi og internettet mig mulighed for at forbinde med mennesker over hele verden, dag og nat, uden at sted er en begrænsning for god terapi.

Smart teknologi og internettet gør det muligt for mig at forbinde med mennesker over hele verden.

Mark Colclough, MA

Du kan læse mere om terapi på abonnement og hvordan det integreres med teknologi her.

Men når jeg bliver spurgt, om individuel teknologi kan bringes ind i terapirummet, såsom en optageenhed, bliver der sat en grænse.

Let’s explore this together.

Why Do Clients Wants To Record Sessions?

Der kan være mange grunde til, at du ønsker at optage vores sessioner sammen, uanset om det er en lyd- eller videooptagelse. Nogle af disse er:

All of these reasons are understandable. But they also hinder the therapy process. So let’s now address why recording a session on your device is not appropriate.

Fortrolighed

As a therapist I am duty bound to uphold confidentiality. I make and keep meticulous files and protect your data in accordance with the standard of ethics that underpins my practise. Once you make an audio or video recording of our session, confidentiality is compromised. I have no control over what happens to that file, and it could end up in the wrong hands. You may ask – “If I’m talking about myself, surely confidentiality doesn’t matter if I’m comfortable having the audio?”. But it doesn’t work like that. In therapy, we talk about much more than just you – we talk about your family, relationships, background, traumas – lots of names and dates and personal information is shared and I would never want this information compromised.

Abuse / blackmail And Manipulation

If you are in a couples’ session, one of you might record the session to then use against the other party. Let’s explore an example of this. Let’s say Chris and Joe are in therapy talking about a diminished sex life. Chris records the conversation initially with the intention of listening to it with Joe later on as a reflection exercise. Joe admits he has had an affair with his boss, Kevin, who is married to a woman. In desperation and pain, Chris then threatens to send the therapy recording to Kevin’s wife, thus ‘outing’ Kevin, humiliating Chris and sabotaging their careers.

It is often a red flag when a person wants to record their partner in any context – not just therapy.

Mark Colclough, MA

Farlige sager, ikke?

As a side note, it is often a red flag when a person wants to record their partner in any context – not just therapy. It is better that this temptation is explored, and not entertained or encouraged.

Lack Of Authencity

Hvad der sker i rummet, og i øjeblikket, mellem en terapeut og klient, er vigtigt for at opnå gode terapireultater. En optageenhed mellem dig og mig vil kun fungere som en følelsesmæssig barriere. Du vil måske ikke sige alt, hvad du ønsker at sige, fordi optageenheden er til stede. Terapirummet er et sikkert rum, og du bør ikke føle dig overvåget eller kontrolleret af en enhed.

Reflections Are Good – But Not Like That

Du vil måske gerne lytte til vores session senere for refleksionsformål. Dette viser en ægte motivation for positiv forandring. Selvom refleksion er godt og opmuntres, kan denne metode være farlig. At lytte til vores terapi uden for sessionens kontekst kan føre til misforståelser eller en overafhængighed af noget, jeg har sagt. Det er bedst, at vi holder os til at kommunikere personligt, direkte og i specifikke tidsrum. Hvis du ønsker at tage noter, kan du gøre det, og det vil hjælpe dig med at reflektere. Alternativt, hvis du har et terapiabonnement, kan du kontakte mig efter sessionen for at reflektere sammen.

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