2007-06-22 16:14:01 · 6 answers · asked by urban warrior 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I don't know whether you are the counselor or client, but either way, if you truly love someone, you will do what is best for that person. I don't think any kind of deep counseling works if there is not genuine love in the room. In our culture, there's only one word for love, and it's often taken as romantic. There are other words, like agape, that mean love of a generous and selfless kind, the kind of love that would do anything to help the other person have a full life. Love in a counseling setting is agape love. If it becomes romantic, that's eros, then it's a problem. The counselor should seek supervision, and the client should be able to express the issue in session and have gentle guidance through it.
Be honest with yourself and the other person. Keep your boundaries clear and clean, and honor the feeling, but don't act it out. That almost never ends well.
2007-06-22 16:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd be best off, if you really love the person and if you want to be with that person more than anything, to end the professional or counselor-client relationship before getting involved with one another.
If you act before that, you're putting the person you love so much into danger--either of being traumatized by an unequal relationship or of having a career ruined.
One step at a time, and the first step is to think this through.
2007-06-22 23:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by LC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean you have a counselor-client relationship? Dating a client, if you're the counselor is unethical. You're also exposing yourself to a risk of a lawsuit if ever the relationship turns sour.
2007-06-22 23:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by kyle d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it a counselor client relationship? if so may be you feel syphothy for her and she feels with you... or you feel the need to take care of some one... maybe you should talk to a counselor your self and find out what is right..
2007-06-22 23:23:46 · answer #4 · answered by squrrelgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been there!!!!!!
Hardest relationship i've ever been in.
my suggestion get out now.
good luck
Bongo
2007-06-23 02:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by bongo515 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY DONT YOU RECOMMEND YOUR FRIEND TO ANOTHER COLLEGUE, THEN AFTER A FEW DAYS ASK YOUR LOVING FRIEND FOR A DATE. WHO KNOWS MAYBE ITS YOU THAT YOUR FRIEND NEEDS. COMPATIBILITY
2007-06-22 23:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋