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Originally Posted by RedSun
In response to the queries about whether this 'data' should be collected, I think most Ts are aware already that a large number of clients get obsessed/attached. It is, for some clients, and in some modalities of therapy, an important and necessary part of the work.
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Collecting data on the frequency with which clients become caught in obsessive entanglements would not be for benefit of Ts. This data could be shared with prospective clients and the general public. It's the sort of transparency that makes for an ethical profession (yes, i am implying that the profession is less than ethical).
As for the idea that a client becoming obsessively fixated on therapy and therapist is "necessary"... seems that is overselling it quite a lot. I'd say at best it is unfortunate and dangerous and in some unknown number of cases is parlayed into something beneficial.