What are some signs that a therapist may have poor boundaries with their clients?
10.06.2025 08:56
Sense of competition with persons who are important in the client’s life.
Off the top of my ancient head:
Eager anticipation (or anxious anticipation) of the next session in ways that distract.
Stroll needed "urgent medical attention" for pain after qualifying - FIA · F1 - RaceFans
Session-expressed curiosities about client details not relevant to the therapy.
These items can happen fleetingly, briefly, in any therapy, but if they’re frequent, it’s definitely time for the therapist to get some good, solid supervision/consultation.
Obsessing about clients outside of work hours.
Why do men choose to marry a plain Jane woman over a pretty woman?
Disclosing feelings, fantasies, and experiences to the client in ways not related to the work the client is engaged in.
Failing to mention the client in supervision/consultation, out of fear the supervisor/consultant will advise return to ordinary healthy boundaries.
Struggling with fantasies of deeper connections with clients, whether sexual or parental or other intense or intimate relationships beyond psychotherapy.
What makes someone feel "rich enough" in different societies?
Routinely going over the time limit with certain patients, compromising the time for the next client.
Serious disappointment when the client cancels a session.
Frequent phoning or texting of clients to “check up on them and make sure they’re OK.”
Blood test detects multiple cancer types through cell-free DNA - Medical Xpress
General Introduction to Boundaries from Panahi Counseling: