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Originally Posted by wintergirl
You should have some sort of disclaimer or warning before people start therapy:
Caution: proceed with care, as you may develop strong feelings for your therapist, even though the relationship is completely one-sided. You're probably in therapy because part of you is sad and lonely, and sharing the most raw parts of you with another person (a person who is paid to act like they care about you, but you can't get very close to this person due to professionalism and bounderies) can lead to major emotional confusion.
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I know exactly how you feel. I have been in therapy for about 16 months now. I am just now getting to the point that I can accept this part of therapy. It hurts like heck when you are struggling with the therapeutic relationship.
This does not mean that I won't go through this type of hurt again. I sure hope that I don't!! I hope that I have finally come to a comfort level (trust) with my therapist that I feel she does genuinely care and she is in this profession because she loves helping people.
I still do not understand how they can do this day in and day out knowing how much some of their clients are hurting because of the bond that they tried to get us to have with them.