I think this is very important. Attachment to therapists seems much more negative than positive. Because here's the thing, things you attach to in life, like good friends, family, pets, they're all supposed to be a real part of your life. Not someone you pay to see once per week.

Therapists manipulate our natural tendency to love and care for those that are important to us, and turn it into profit. It's as simple as that. They charge you for you to feel your own love. It's not even their love. It's what you project on them.

And, while some clients might enjoy the attachment while it lasts, you don't have to go far on this forum to see what happens when that attachment is disrupted. It's life threatening, in some cases.

Of course people with 'good' attachments are anxious. They know their precious relationship ends when the bills stop being paid. Honestly, I would go so far as to call therapy emotional prostitution. Therapists sell themselves by the hour to the emotionally needy.

And that's why there's all this nonsense about boundaries, etc. If you think of the therapeutic relationship in that light, it all makes sense. A prostitute doesn't want her clients following her home, or intruding on her after the hour is up, neither does a therapist. Therapists expect clients to take their dose of care and bugger off until next week when they pay for another dose.