As those of you have "fallen in love" with the therapist, transference is one of the most intense pains you have probably ever experienced in your life. It's one of those things that unless you feel it you probably wouldn't be able to imagine how painful it really is.

That said, is there any hope that one day the psychological associations and the powers that be create a set of behavioral guidelines that will mandate therapists to take appropriate steps in order to prevent vulnerable patients from falling into this trap?

Their attitude right now, as I understand it, is that it's not the therapist's fault that the patient fell in love with him/her and that since falling in love is not supposed to be a painful emotion, then no harm has been done to the patient. But those of us who have been in this position know how painful it really is.

Nowhere in the documents that I signed before I received therapy was I told that I was going to endure this type of pain.

Just wondering, if I file a lawsuit do I stand to gain anything other than getting laughed out of court?