Should you feel connected to your therapist?
Therapy only works when you collaborate fully and are emotionally engaged. However, therapists can’t get too close—they must maintain professional boundaries to be successful. For therapy to work, you need to share as much as possible while your therapist shares little.
How do therapist deal with transference?
In cases when the therapist uses transference as part of the therapy process, continuing therapy will help “treat” the transference. The therapist can work with you to end the redirection of emotions and feelings. You’ll work to properly attribute those emotions.
Should counselors meet their clients where they are?
But if a counselor meets the client where he or she is, there is always the possibility of change, Guterman says. “It’s a difficult lesson to learn — to allow space for the client to take the session where he or she wants it to go and at the pace he or she feels comfortable with,” says ACA member Olga Gonithellis, an LMHC in New York City.
What happens when a counselor has an affair?
Not only is an affair an ethical transgression on the part of the counselor, it is also often a psychological disaster for the patient. But there are countless subtler–and no less consequential–boundary dilemmas that confound clients and therapists.
Why is it important for counselors to learn the client’s worldview?
“It’s critical for the counselor to learn the client’s worldview in order to enhance cooperation in the counseling process,” says ACA member Jeffrey Guterman.
What is emotional bonding between counselor and client?
“Emotional bonding between counselor and client is different for every unique counselor and client,” Sommers-Flanagan says. “It might involve compassionate or empathic listening or humor, or just sitting together while the client experiences strong emotions, or giving positive and supportive feedback to clients.”