In this paper, I defend the halakhic position that it is entirely appropriate for professional psychotherapists to provide psychotherapy treatment to clients of the opposite gender. In Israel, an ultra-Orthodox psychiatrist attempted to promulgate a fringe ruling which opined that such a practice is forbidden the the halakha.
It may be totally permitted but is it wise?
ReplyDeleteIn general medicine there is no law that when a male performs an intimate exam on a female that another female must be present in the room as a chaperone but good luck finding a male doctor who will forgo that.