Posted by karen_kay on October 9, 2003, at 19:44:33
In reply to Re: Uncle! - All » Dinah, posted by HannahW on October 9, 2003, at 19:17:59
Jay, I find it disgusting that you would even mention the possibility of a therapist abandoning a client for expressing their attraction torwards the therapist. I personally have told my psychologist things like "Can I sit on your lap?" when he mentioned the aspect of reparenting. When he hospitalized me I said that a more appropriate option would be for him to hold me down all weekend. I tell him all the time how good he looks. I told him on the first consultation that I have a serious problem with becoming attracted to authority figures. I am completely innappropriate torwards my therapist. Yet, he has never once asked me to leave his office. This is because he is comfortable in the fact that he is a professional and can handle issues of sexual attraction and transference. You should not post notices with the intent of scaring people into not being completely honest with their therapists. A good a professional therapist should be capable of handling issues of transference. So people, I urge you to say what you need to! They can handle it. That is why they make the big bucks!
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