I don't see why pregnancy wouldn't be a wrench for many clients. Not only does it mean maternity or paternity leave and time off for the therapist, but it means the therapist now has a major distraction in their life, plus a new person in it that the client may be jealous of.

The nature of this job is that sometimes clients have issues with therapists' life journeys. I think therapists should be more aware of this. This therapist to me has been doing everything professionally, but doesn't seem to have understood that her pregnancy could elicit strong emotions in clients. I'm kind of glad Chummy told her.

And I think it is a good idea to ask any future therapists about planned extensive time off. Not just those who are of childbearing age and their spouses, but anyone close to retirement age, say, or you might find out the therapist takes a lot of vacations.