My sick therapist exploited me but our relationship was not sexual or romantic. Early warning signs maybe not listed above:

- excessive, deeply personal self-disclosures and using more session time to talk about themselves than the client does
- late night phone calls to the client
- promoting dependency upon the therapist; creating a co-dependency
- outright telling the client they are special and/or unique
- over the top "charm" or "love-bombing"
- sudden, irrational shifts of energy (ie. therapist is normally warm, caring, charming, personal but suddenly turns distant, cold, silent for no reason or because client said or did something that therapist did not like. This is a test for the therapist to gauge how much s/he can get away with in the future.)

If only I had known then what I know now.