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Originally Posted by SorryNorma
Can someone explain how maternal feeling towards a male therapist manifest? What makes them maternal as opposed to paternal? Is it a response based on expectations around gender stereotypes?
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I won’t presume to know how this works for other people, but I have lots of maternal feelings around my therapist- because he reminds me very much of my mother, who was very loving and kind. (My father was loving and kind as well, but my mother was the emotional backbone of the family.)