Yea, and it did me harm. Logically I knew nothing was going to happen beyond therapy, but that was in my logical brain. My emotional brain was carried away by intense longings and fantasies as a result of her singling me out.
The special treatment was:
- more self-disclosure with me than any other client (her own admission)
- lot of email contact, some quite intense, beyond her usual boundary
- sessions that frequently went long
I would also add that the whole relationship felt far too intimate, familiar, and seductive. Cant say for sure, but likely not her norm. So really the primary aspect of special treatment was the basic nature of the relationship. In the end, many confusing and devastating mixed signals.
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