l effects. However, this combination of events is sufficiently unlikely while the converse is sufficiently likely that an absolute ban on psychotherapist-client sex during treatment is warranted.
Step 2: Identify The Personal Dimensions of the Issue
In addition to the ethical dimensions of the problem, there are also very personal aspects to sexual/relational involvement between therapist and client. The second step a therapist must make once he/she is clear on the ethical concepts is to examine the personal dimensions of the issue. In this regard, there is some literature available on the most common emotions, feelings and motives that are connected with therapist-client sexual/relational involvement.
For example, Carr and Robinson (1990) point out that it is usually transference and counter-transference issues that fuel sexual desires. The authors also warn that therapists finding themselves attracted to clients often rationalize their behavior as being at least innocuous if not beneficial for the p
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