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Originally Posted by lucozader
It's sad that our society places such a taboo on loving and sexual feelings that people (including therapists) are so terrified of them.
It's equally unhelpful that therapists aren't encouraged to discuss and think about their OWN sexuality. It needs to be something that we are comfortable to reflect on and discuss in supervision when necessary or it could have a terrible effect on our work. Repressed countertransference is dangerous.
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I agree it is dangerous and that was highlighted in my research too that sometimes therapists don't and can't bring issues like this to their supervisor because of different dynamics- male female, fear of judgement. Fear of being unprofessional.
I gave to say, I have been blessed with two of my therapists because they were so open and non judgemental and really encourage me to bring the not so good stuff( their words, not mine) .
You are very right lucazador, discovering your own sexuality is so important and often so hard, I wonder is some ts are afraid to explore it in case they find something uncomfortable or messy in there.