Wondering what you all think of this? One author spoke about "the particular difficulties women face in working in a traditional structure of psychotherapy-the desire by both patients and therapists for an authentic and enduring connection in a structure that upholds distance and teaches the necessity of giving up that desire.” Quite a conflict going on there. I know I've felt it. What should the therapeutic relationship look like? When is distance appropriate and when is connection important? Can you have both in the same relationship? Just how real is the relationship with your therapist? I think it's a real relationship, but what kind of relationship is it really? So much investment is put into it on both sides - but it's meant to be temporary. Other relationships of that depth are rarely temporary. What do you think?