Logo

What are some signs that a therapist may have poor boundaries with their clients?

12.06.2025 03:03

What are some signs that a therapist may have poor boundaries with their clients?

Failing to mention the client in supervision/consultation, out of fear the supervisor/consultant will advise return to ordinary healthy boundaries.

Routinely going over the time limit with certain patients, compromising the time for the next client.

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.

Have Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lost it? Royal Family source makes shocking claim after ‘fake bump’ video goes viral - Mint

Struggling with fantasies of deeper connections with clients, whether sexual or parental or other intense or intimate relationships beyond psychotherapy.

Off the top of my ancient head:

Disclosing feelings, fantasies, and experiences to the client in ways not related to the work the client is engaged in.

What factors contributed to Taiwan's economic success compared to Mainland China, despite their close proximity?

Frequent phoning or texting of clients to “check up on them and make sure they’re OK.”

Obsessing about clients outside of work hours.

Serious disappointment when the client cancels a session.

Giant Inland Boulder a Remnant of Ancient Tsunami - Newser

Session-expressed curiosities about client details not relevant to the therapy.

General Introduction to Boundaries from Panahi Counseling:

Eager anticipation (or anxious anticipation) of the next session in ways that distract.

What did Chandrashekhar Azad say about Hinduism during a podcast?

Sense of competition with persons who are important in the client’s life.