Posted by Dinah on March 6, 2010, at 11:10:56
In reply to (((Dinah))) Me toooo...., posted by 64Bowtie on March 6, 2010, at 2:30:38
Yeah.
I think some people see this kind of behavior resulting from the deep love they share.
I see it more as resulting from the character of the persons involved. And in this case, because of the power differential and dynamics, primarily the character of the therapist.
The reason these things rarely (if ever) work out well seems perfectly reasonable to me. The very fact that they exist means that at least one of the two people involved has some character flaws that make happily ever after very unlikely.
My therapist and I talked about this once. He feels as strongly as I do about the topic. Not only about therapists and clients, but about any situation where integrity and honor require that people not give in to their feelings. He just sees the fallout too often as a therapist to ever consider it ok. I feel really safe knowing that not only will my therapist never act inappropriately with me (which is hardly an issue) but that he won't cause my therapy to be terminated by losing his license over another client.
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