In love with your therapist? A clinical psychologist explains erotic transference

Therapy should be a time when you can bare your soul to someone with no judgement in a safe and contained space. This environment and the resulting therapeutic relationship are necessary to facilitate growth, transformation and healing. But what happens when you fall in love with your therapist? It can disrupt the whole purpose of the therapeutic space, and the relationship between you and the therapist might even face termination. 

A clinical psychologist sets some boundaries for us.

A good therapist makes their clients feel seen and heard, creating a space where they can be themselves; in turn, their clients feel a sense of acceptance. For some people, this feeling of acceptance and validation can be tempting to want outside of the therapeutic relationship, facilitating a desire to be around their therapist more and the development of romantic feelings.