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Old Jun 18, 2014, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by InRealLife45 View Post
not weird, in my opinion. I think of course some clients remind t's of people they know...friends or family, and the affection is real, its just...constrained by therapeutic boundary
Thanks for this. You're right. It might very well be there, but funneled through the appropriate channels in therapy. Hmm.

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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
From things I have read by them, it is not unusual.
I would not want and luckily it does not happen with me, but I imagine it is not an uncommon occurrence in clients.
Well, your one T is so harsh and awful, I wouldn't want it to happen with her, either!

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Originally Posted by Bells129 View Post
No it's not weird to want that. I actually think some T's might feel a bit maternal towards patients who are of a similar age to their own kids, a few of my old T's who had kids the same age as me treated me like I was a niece or something... my current T has no kids and I don't get the maternal vibes from her at all towards me, it's a different kind of affection, but it's something I've noticed.
Interesting. I definitely get "maternal vibes" from her. I find it comforting.
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