Posted by pinkeye on March 25, 2005, at 22:02:39
In reply to Re: tis been awhile » pinkeye, posted by Susan47 on March 25, 2005, at 20:22:33
Given the very intense emotional nature of therapy, it is of course very easy to lose control. If patients can get this emotional, therapists will feel some of it also.. So I am not going to judge a therapist too harshly for giving in to his emotional side once.. Of course if it is a habit, and he uses his profession to satisify his personal agenda all the time, it would be a different story. But once - nah, I am not going to be too harsh.
People have affairs all the time, and the wives/husbands need not know about it. Knowing it won't help anything. What difference does it make if you are a therapist having an affair or a regular guy having an affair ? Other than the fact that it kind of amounts to double violation of ethics - both personal and professional.
All of us are human, and it would be incredibly hard for all of us to control the urges all the time just because we are married. And many times we are not at liberty to leave the marriages because of several other reasons - stability, kids, long term partnership concern etc. So a brief affair is nothing.
Personally, I don't think I will ever have an affair myself.. but I won't be too hard on anybody for having an affair. Not to say that is right or great - but just that it is acceptable and not an unpardonable offense.
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