What are some signs that a therapist may have poor boundaries with their clients?
Last Updated: 25.06.2025 09:09
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.
Sense of competition with persons who are important in the client’s life.
Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls dev Arc System Works has its own ‘direct’ coming - Polygon
Off the top of my ancient head:
Eager anticipation (or anxious anticipation) of the next session in ways that distract.
Serious disappointment when the client cancels a session.
What’s the best way to get over someone you love?
Obsessing about clients outside of work hours.
Disclosing feelings, fantasies, and experiences to the client in ways not related to the work the client is engaged in.
General Introduction to Boundaries from Panahi Counseling:
Wall Street’s big rally stalls following some discouraging economic data - AP News
Frequent phoning or texting of clients to “check up on them and make sure they’re OK.”
Struggling with fantasies of deeper connections with clients, whether sexual or parental or other intense or intimate relationships beyond psychotherapy.
Session-expressed curiosities about client details not relevant to the therapy.
Auto-Parts Bankruptcy Is the First Big Casualty of Tariff War - WSJ
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.