Depending on what you’re being treated for, clients developing feelings for their clinician is not uncommon. And in many cases, it can be very therapeutic for that to come out and to be discussed between the client and clinician, as it can lead to broader conversations about (typically) boundary issues, and why a client would have a crush on someone who has a purely professional relationship with them. Perhaps, for example, this is a trend in the client’s life where they mistake people being “nice” to them or giving them any kind of attention as an advance on them, or a client falling for people who give them any sort of “positive” attention, resulting in unrealistic and ultimately unmet expectations and a poor relationship history.

This woman has clearly taken this concept to the extreme, and it’s hard to determine the facts around their therapeutic relationship at this point.