I find it much more disturbing that therapy relationships are so frequently conflated with real-world intimate relationships. That's how many people get burned. They start believing there is some emotional bond as in a real relationship.

Attachment or dependency is context-specific. It's not always healthy or prudent. I think it's very easy to make the case that therapy attachment constitutes a perversion of basic human attachment needs. Just because some people overcome inherent problems in this arrangement doesnt make it healthy fundamentally.

I think that one of these attachments that does NOT create hell for the client ought to be seen as an anomaly. This is backed up by the endless horror stories on every therapy blog and forum.

I find it objectionable that the biz tries to insinuate itself into people's lives, as if everyone should have family, friends, and a therapist.