Posted by Dinah on July 16, 2004, at 17:23:53
In reply to Re: Transference - choices JenStar, posted by vwoolf on July 16, 2004, at 16:44:23
It may be just me, but I don't think I'd start a therapeutic relationship with someone I was attracted to. It would seem to be playing with fire, both to my emotions and to my relationship.
My husband and mother both thought my therapist was attractive, but he was never attractive to *me*. Not my physical type at all. If I *had* found him attractive, I don't think I could have worked with him on the level I've worked with him.
I think therapy has worked as well as it has for me because I've been willing to show my therapist the ugliest and most repulsive and embarassing sides of myself. I can't think I'd be willing to do that with someone I felt phyical attraction towards.
Plus, I've seen how much pain it's caused people here on the board. :(
poster:Dinah
thread:366878
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