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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:02 PM
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I´ve read rather many articles on this and of course this subject is kind of a taboo as a therapist "shouldn´t" feel this way about a client. A therapist often has more tools than a client to handle such feelings but they still can´t always shut them off. This also exists when the client and the therapist is of the same sex but generally sees themselves as heterosexual.


I wouldn´t want any therapist to tell me about this but I don´t think it´s at all impossible my former T thought of me this way. I don´t mean she actually wanted me but all kinds of people you´ve met with might show up in your mind during a sexual situation.


Do you think your therapist is ever sexually attracted to you or has it crossed your mind he or she might see you "flash by" in their mind during a sexual situation?
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:04 PM
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I definitely got the feeling that T1 was ... by words and other things. Not something I wanted, (but I didn’t want his disdain either)


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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:17 PM
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Yes absolutely.

He will never admit it out of fear. I wish he would. I prefer honesty

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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:18 PM
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Me, no not at all.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:23 PM
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I remember recently reading an article or something similar on this topic. I don't remember the exact content, but it certainly does happen and is not as uncommon as you'd probably think. I don't think there's any 'you shouldn't feel this way' in therapy, for either the client or therapist. The T should just be able to deal with their feelings by themselves and not let it affect the relationship to the client, while also ensuring that everything remains ethical and so on.


I'm not sure I'd want to know if my T thought of me that way. It would probably make me feel weird, although I do not think that there's anything wrong about it per se, as long as he doesn't act on his feelings. But I think in certain situations it could be beneficial to tell a client, but that is very situational.

I'd be surprised if my T was attracted to me. While I'm a lot younger than he is, I'm not very attractive, certainly not when I sob uncontrollably like 95% of the time there. As for having random people pop up in your head in sexual situations, that sometime happens, it probably happens to Ts as well. I've probably given it about the same amount of thought as I do with friends, i.e. 'yeah, that's a bit weird, but whatever'.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:44 PM
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Yes, there were times... but it wasn't anything substantial I think and it was never disruptive.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:55 PM
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My t led me on for years. PM me if you would like details.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 06:57 PM
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Ex-T, yes.
Current T, no, I don't think so.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 07:01 PM
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Maybe in a normal "passing thought" way, like how you might notice any other person is attractive or has a nice body or something. But not in a serious way. As for "flashing by"--I guess it's possible but somehow I don't think so. The subject has never come up, though.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 07:12 PM
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I'm sure he's thought of me as a sexual person given that we've discussed my sex life and at one point when I was communicating about my shame about my transference he misinterpreted it as being sexual/romantic. And he's expressed the opinion that I'm attractive (not that he's attracted to me, but he said it matter-of-factly while also saying I was intelligent, etc), but I don't think he's actually sexually attracted to me.

I think I would feel kind of betrayed if he felt that way recently? Especially now because this last month or two we've been focusing on my childhood and I'm just starting to remember and revisit stuff from that time and I've been in a very vulnerable and childlike place. Like I've been sitting on the floor with my back against the wall and hugging my knees like I did when I was a kid... it would be pretty f'ed up if he was thinking of me in a sexual way in that context.
And I have very strong parental transference. I want him to see me as a hurt kid he wants to protect, not as enough of an "equal" to be sexually attracted to.

In other situations and points in time I might be flattered if it crossed his mind. I certainly don't want him to think I'm unattractive. But I wouldn't want it to be something he thought about regularly or got distracted by, and I certainly wouldn't want him to act on it in any way. Basically I would want him to keep it to himself.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 07:15 PM
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Ew, no. Blech, I don't think so. Or I don't want to think about it, yuck.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 07:31 PM
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Good post. I don’t know why it bothers me what they think of me. I don’t care what our piano tuner thinks of me. I think I’ll look for a particular sort of person for those 2 sessions. And I’ll wear a brown fur coat disguising my pretty bear shape.

ETA the poster just deleted their post.

“Sorry”

I don’t want them to like me any more than I’ll probably like them. It’s my process, I’m not interested in whether or not they find me “likeable”. If they try to share their opinion directly or not, I’ll shut them down, or leave.

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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 08:12 PM
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no way. i may be an adult only 7 years younger than her, but inside i feel like i'm 12, and i get the sense she sort of sees me that way too.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 08:27 PM
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I never got the impression that a therapist was sexually attracted to me, but I haven't had many male therapists.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 08:36 PM
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No, I don't think she has any sexual feelings toward me. There has never been any sexual chemistry between us, and she seems extremely straight. She has admitted to having maternal feelings toward me, and I do feel those from her pretty clearly.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 09:19 PM
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Gross. What a horrible thought.

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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 09:27 PM
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I have wondered sometimes. I know that he likes me a lot, even admitted having “transference feelings” for me but I don’t know if it translates to sexual or romantic attraction. I don’t see myself as attractive so I have a hard time imagining that others might be.
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Default Oct 19, 2018 at 11:12 PM
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All my t has sais that if he is asexually attrcated to a client he is not allowedd to tell them... Why say that it is just provocative and i still wonder after 6 years
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Default Oct 20, 2018 at 01:03 AM
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This is something I really struggle with. I really want to know if he does, but then again if he did tell me that he had those type of feelings towards me, I feel like that would make the relationship unsafe. I have this problem where I feel inadequate or like a failure if any male isn’t attracted to me, which is obviously ridiculous because one person won’t be everyone’s type.. so I always looks for subtle signs that prove they are, which is terrible, but my t is very professional so of course I don’t get those hints from him. Which I should just be ok with but for some reason I can’t be. It’s like that would prove he cares or something.
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Default Oct 20, 2018 at 07:08 AM
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No, I definitely don't think so. And the lack of it is mutual.
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