Posted by Dinah on March 7, 2009, at 8:34:50
In reply to Re: Sexual Misconduct/ What my T has said and Done, posted by SLS on March 7, 2009, at 6:29:26
> I wonder if there is a fundamental difference between the sexes in the way they do or do not become attached emotionally to their therapists.
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> - ScottI suppose that there may be certain patterns that are more common to one sex than the other, based on our experiences in life or even our view of what being male or female should be.
But I cherish the ideal that there are more fundamental differences between individuals than between men and women.
I can definitely see elements of my therapeutic relationship as the idealized daddy/daughter dynamics, which I would guess would be outside of the expected emotional attachment style of most men. Yet it's long been a joke not only in my family but in my therapy too that in many ways I fit the masculine stereotypes more than the feminine.
I don't know whether I'd leave my therapist if he behaved improperly. At least not the first time. I'd be more likely to take him to task and tell him that his behavior was not acceptable and enquire into recent brain injuries. But there are behavioral boundaries that define character, and a breach of those would mean that he was not who I thought he was. And not someone I want as my therapist.
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