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Old Oct 09, 2017, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by feileacan View Post
I don't know what kind of work you are doing with those kids but I think your answer tells you where you still have to do your own work. Your discomfort stems from yourself and is not the problem of the person who asks. Keeping boundaries is not the same as feeling discomfort when clients ask loaded questions. The more comfortable you are with your own feelings the more comfortable you can be with others feelings and the more effective you can be for your clients.
This is an incredibly patronizing comment. Like, wow. Asking for love from a therapist is basically asking them to lie. I don't think any client wants to hear the truth which is: no I don't love you, you are a client. I don't blame the poster for feeling uncomfortable because they're being put on the spot.