Love is always complicated, but rarely as complex as the love felt for a therapist. Although it’s often dismissed, buried, or even shamed, loving your therapist is deeply human, and often, a sign that therapy is working. Love has many nuances and many potential expressions (some of which can be highly problematic in a therapeutic relationship) but the felt experience of love is a positive sign that the relationship between a client and therapist has a powerful potential to bring healing.

"I am so embarrassed to share this with you, but I have developed theseromantic feelings towards you. I feel like I'm falling in love with you."I was seated on the couch across from my therapist of two years. My face wasbright red from embarrassment. I was sure she was going to say there wassomething wrong with me and that she would need to refer me to someone else.Instead, she kindly told me that these feelings are OK and I shouldn't beashamed of them. In fact, she said, they are quite…

Therapy is for everyone—even therapists. And perhaps, being an effective therapist can stem from personal experience and recognizing that you need and want support, too. Margo, a therapist in training, writes about this and more at https://twloha.com/blog/all-feelings-must-be-felt/.

Love between a therapist and a client is a tricky thing. Historically, the fathers of psychology viewed “love” between a therapist and client as a …

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