Carly Hill explores why therapists avoid asking clients about complementary and alternative medicine, and the professional risks of bringing up these practices. Social workers face stigma and even social-media attacks from peers for discussing CAM with clients.
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When I asked in my research, you know, like, how many people are actually including asking this question, like, are you using complementary and alternative, you know, practices for your own self care? Not many social workers are asking that question. And if you don't bring it up, you think clients who have been probably disrespected by the conventional health system are going to be like, yeah, I kind of interested in this. And oh, you know, I feel like I get these intuitive downloads. People are going to think you're crazy. And the reason I'm saying they have that fear is because I have gotten it from other therapists asking as a therapist. Yeah. When I have brought this up, I've been literally attacked on social media.