Wow. Sounds like you guys are really having some probs w/his counselor. I am sorry you are having to go through this. It's a very hard situation to deal with and to know the best way to handle it.
Without having a little more detail about specific instances, it is hard to say what may really be going on here. Having said that, you said he feels like his rights have been violated. If his rights have been violated, then you do not need to but if you request a different couselor, and there is another counselor to transfseriously consider taking steps to file a complaint. I suggest going over the FEDERAL REGULATIONS section on our website at http://www.medicalassistedtreatment.org/51011/index.html to determine if this is the case. You also need to check the guidelines for your specific state also because in addition to FEDERAL regs there are STATE regs as well.
If he has had his rights vioated, he could file a complaint. He might even get the desired results from filing a complaint.....BUT!!!....keep in mind that even though it isn't suppose to happen, there are instances where the client has been retaliated against because they made a complaint and it just makes things a whole lot worse. So you need to weigh the pros and the cons before you take that step.
Is there someone else at the clinic that you think you could talk to about this? Another counselor, the clinic manager, the clinic doctor? ANYONE else besides this counselor that he is having the problem with?
When he asks them what is the status on hisrequest, what do they tell him?
I don't know how feasable this would be, but have you thought about transferring clinics?
I know this is not an easy situation to be in and I am sorry you guys are having such a bad time, just know that we are here for you and will help out in any way that we can.
Hang in there and keep us posted on what's going on.
RuthAnn
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