Posted by Dinah on July 13, 2005, at 19:30:42
In reply to Repost: loving your therapist (rabidreader), posted by alexandra_k on July 13, 2005, at 16:58:09
I'd tell him.
Well, to be honest, there have been reports of poorly trained therapists responding badly and misinterpreting the ethics rules. Very sad, but true.
So I think I'd start out with telling him about reading this internet bulletin board where someone said that they were having feelings toward their therapists. (Won't be a lie, just search the archives here.)
Therapists aren't stupid. He should be able to communicate to you from that whether he wants to hear all your feelings, or if he's one of those unfortunate therapists who prefer not to discuss erotic feelings.
Something like that can become the pink elephant in the room. It's hard to properly do therapy with a big secret like that.
If he does respond unencouragingly, I have a link to an APA training video on how to properly handle erotic feelings from clients in therapy.
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