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Originally Posted by Motts
Yeah, your therapist crossed the lines asking you about your sexual preference (why is that her business anyway), about your previous relationship to your therapist (not her business either) and then divulging her own personal life example where she was attracted to one of her own patients. You were right to lose respect for her. And frankly, why would you entrust her with your mental health treatment now?
My opinion is that you're better off going to a walk in counseling clinic being seen by graduate students instead of staying with a licensed therapist who has terrible boundaries.
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I think if the previous relationship to previous therapist was brought up, it's okay to talk about it. It's okay to discuss to know what the client needs after previous experiences with other therapists. It's okay to not be experienced with gay issues, but then if that's important, again, the therapist will not be the right choice for OP. Personal life example....yes a mistake there especially if going into detail at length. Why lose respect for someone making a mistake. But I don't know the exact circumstances, I wasn't there. Not questioning OP's feelings. If that means a serious loss of trust then by any means another therapist will be needed or another option altogether other than deep personal therapy.
I would say though, graduate students are no better than licensed therapists. Either one can have terrible boundaries really. It depends on what one needs really. I did find some of the less experienced psychologists the best for me emotionally, but one less experienced one did damage. And then some very experienced ones were helpful, and some were not.