I wonder about this same topic. It seems to me that I know a lot about my pdoc---how old he is, where he lives, what he's done in life and what he does in his spare time, personal foibles and so on. Then again, we are both clinicians and we relate on that level, as well as the fact that we have become friends of a sort. It's kind of weird, but it works.
However---there is still a professional boundary that neither of us will ever cross in this lifetime, and there certainly is nothing going on that would threaten the therapeutic relationship. That's so wrong on so many levels, I can't even wrap my mind around it.....probably because as a health professional myself, I know there is only black-and-white here---NO grey areas.
But yeah, there is some definite hero-worship, the guy has literally saved my life and I'm grateful for that.
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