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Originally Posted by divine1966
I am with justafriend. I think client who demands some type of intimacy: reciprocate romantic or sexual feelings or demand friendship outside of sessions etc is being unreasonable. People who don't take "no" for an answer could be dangerous, not just difficult. Now feelings aren't wrong, but demands are.
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...or a dangerous client would be deemed dangerous, not difficult, no?
But as far as idealizing the therapist and wanting more of a relationship-that could be a challenge to some, and rewarding to help a client work through this in developing a new sense of self. Psychoanalysts are generally set up to work with clients with these issues, and some may have pursued that type of training because they like working with more complex clients, including the scenerio here.