Hello everyone - I can't speak for DocJohn (so please keep that in mind), however I can see the importance of having a separate forum for transference related issues when that is the only primary issue. When posts are about "loving" their therapist, and that's all the post is about I would imagine it would be better suited for the new sub-forum. (That's just my interpretation mind you).

It also makes the Psychotherapy more open to discussing the other issues that we experience in therapy, like termination or finding a good therapist. Or it could just be a rant about a therapist's particular way of doing things or specific school of training (like Freudian, or if your therapist only does CBT or DBT etc).

Yes, it's not exactly cut and dried but I don't think DocJohn was trying to make it more difficult - just sometimes easier to navigate and make it less cluttered and more organized.

Posts do get moved, just like in all the other forums. If they seem to be better suited for another forum they will be moved. It's not usually something that is done lightly especially with posts that are not straightforward.

One example being a post in General that's about a health issue - then it gets moved to the Health Issues forum. Or if a post in Anxiety would be better suited for Depression then it's moved there, etc. Those would be fairly straightforward. But if it's a more complicated topic or issue, then it's discussed amongst the Community Team (the moderators and administrators) who reach a decision about what to do about a post that needs to be moved.

Most of the time the member who started the thread (or "original poster") is informed of this move via PM. If they're not, then that's an oops, but it does happen sometimes. (I admit I'm sometimes prone to forgetfulness and I apologize for that).

When subforums are created, some previously existing posts from the "main" forum are moved into the new forum to give an example of the types of posts that would be suitable for that forum. For example, when the Addictions forum was split into subforums, some of the more recent posts/threads about smoking and pornography addiction were moved into the newly created subforums.

If you ever have a specific question about an administrative issue (like posts being moved, or asking a question about a new subforum), please do not make a post on the forums, because we may not see it for some time (we are all volunteers after all and don't always have a lot of free time). But please feel free to send a PM to a moderator or administrator and someone will reply to you or send off the PM to someone else who can better assist.

I hope that answers all the questions and concerns, at least a bit. I'm sure DocJohn will give a response here soon.

Cheers
Christina