Is it ethical to work for your therapist?
I'm working remotely with a therapist based in the UK. The therapist paid me five months in advance because I had financial problems, but based on the contract and agreement, I was supposed to work “as a social media marketer” and have a free therapy session once a week
however, I felt that might be a conflict of interest, there were no specific working hours, and I worked additional tasks I couldn't do. After a few months, when I asked for a day off, they rejected, and told me “they had helped me before, and work was work”.
I felt guilty, but I couldn't compete with them that way; now, this therapist terminated my services and wants me to pay back the rest of the money they paid me in advance a few months ago. However, I cannot afford it now, and this therapist knew that I'm an asylum seeker struggling to manage my life in this new country and have dozens of problems, including financial issues.
I am still determining how I should react and what I should do, I was available to work with them whenever they needed me, and now they are asking me to pay them back, and I am still trying to figure out what to do.