Posted by lcat10 on February 7, 2007, at 23:05:48
In reply to Re: Disgusted with therapist boundary violaters, posted by widget on February 7, 2007, at 21:18:55
> To em, can you tell me why it is so harmful for therapists to fall in love with a client and act on it? I am being very sincere. I can accept that it is conventional wisdom but no one yet has explained why? Can you or someone else (especially in the field of mental health) explain? I am curious and in need of nuts and bolts reasons.
As someone who is a psychologist and who used to do therapy (now only do evaluations) and as someone who is and has in the past (many moons ago) been in therapy, let me just say that as a therapist you can no longer be helpful to your client/patient if you are letting your own personal needs get into the mix. This makes you a very, very ineffective therapist. The therapist loses perspective in term of how to help the client/patient. The therapist who does this, violates boundaries, needs help and unfortunately is no better than a sexual predator. They are especially hurting the client/patient but are also hurting themself. Hope this helps.
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