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Old Jun 19, 2016, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BudFox View Post
Yea I dont like to give advice either, and was just making a general comment. OP's situation might be more tolerable.

Here's the thing though. Being with a T that you are obsessing over might not be healthy, but if you have formed a strong attachment or dependency, then stopping might not be healthy either. This is one of the things I REALLY resent about my last therapy -- being put in that position. I had to choose between continuing to have my heart crushed and be tormented and humiliated, or end it and suffer abandonment type trauma and anguish.

And the worst scenario is when the client is lured into this kind of situation, AND dares to express their true feelings, AND then is terminated by the therapist for having done so. Or, even if the client leaves voluntarily because disclosing their feelings has made the whole thing unbearable, it's about the same.
I know. The way all those "therapeutic relationships", attachments and obsessions are handled by many therapists are horrible. There is nothing therapeutic about it. Many factors contribute into that: lack of knowledge of trauma, dogmatic training that confuses theories with scientific foundation, lack of transparency and public education, lack of screening for those entering the profession and so on..
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