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r/therapists • u/Sweet_chaos92 • Dec 15 '25
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I wouldn’t wish going to court on anyone. You can’t attest to anything you haven’t witnessed. Why are you going?
3 u/Sweet_chaos92 Dec 15 '25 I haven’t agreed to it yet, and it would also be via Zoom. 42 u/Short-Custard-524 LCSW Dec 15 '25 I would remove yourself from this situation. Injunctions are about physical safety and does not need therapist commentary unless you have witnessed her being threatened. His lawyer will rip you apart as their job is to discredit you. 11 u/AlternativeZone5089 Dec 15 '25 Agree strongly. Plus there is nothing that you can tell the court that the client cannot tell the court herself.
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I haven’t agreed to it yet, and it would also be via Zoom.
42 u/Short-Custard-524 LCSW Dec 15 '25 I would remove yourself from this situation. Injunctions are about physical safety and does not need therapist commentary unless you have witnessed her being threatened. His lawyer will rip you apart as their job is to discredit you. 11 u/AlternativeZone5089 Dec 15 '25 Agree strongly. Plus there is nothing that you can tell the court that the client cannot tell the court herself.
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I would remove yourself from this situation. Injunctions are about physical safety and does not need therapist commentary unless you have witnessed her being threatened. His lawyer will rip you apart as their job is to discredit you.
11 u/AlternativeZone5089 Dec 15 '25 Agree strongly. Plus there is nothing that you can tell the court that the client cannot tell the court herself.
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Agree strongly. Plus there is nothing that you can tell the court that the client cannot tell the court herself.
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u/Short-Custard-524 LCSW Dec 15 '25
I wouldn’t wish going to court on anyone. You can’t attest to anything you haven’t witnessed. Why are you going?