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| Sat, 07-21-2007 - 12:56pm |
do you think he should have suggested switching counselors? What are your thoughts on this subject. I like him as a counselor, not because of how I feel, but he does help me dealing with bipolar issues.

It does seem odd to me that he didn't suggest that you switch to a different counselor....Otherwise, good luck & I hope you can still benefit from his services w/o any awkward feelings. I have never been to a counselor(but i would like to)so i don't fully know how you feel,but I have had crushes on people who were already attached or married . I wonder if it is the "forbidden fruit" aspect of it that is so appealing at the time...who knows?
best wishes,
Wonderbread77
Maybe what you're feeling is transference. My very basic description is projecting feelings from your past (that you might not even be aware of) to your therapist. You can also have transference onto other people in your life. They aren't always sexual either.
Here's a link to answers.com. It was a little 'deep' for me to read so late at night. Other places have better descriptions but I can't remember where I found them.
http://www.answers.com/transference?cat=health
I wouldn't change therapists unless you want to. Therapist are supposed to be used to dealing with patients having feelings like that toward them. Maybe you could figure out why you think you're attacked to him. The hardest step is supposed to be just bringing the feelings out in the open.
I'm glad I could help some. I have some work to do myself, too.
Best wishes
It's not all that uncommon a thing--here's a warm, helpful guy that sincerely cares & if he's good looking, even better!