Re:Transference and the Whole Therapy Relationship!!!

You are so right. Therapists should be able to hug clients as if they are brother or sister BUT there are mitigating factors such as -
1. A client may object to being touched.
2. A client may decide later that because the therapist hugged me I can bring a suit against the therapist
3. A genuine hug may be mistaken for something more.
4. Some therapists are worried about getting too close to clients for personal reasons.

The same sort of 'problem' exists with the teacher student relationship. It is proper to keep a 'professional' distance.

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