What are some signs that a therapist may have poor boundaries with their clients?

Serious disappointment when the client cancels a session.

Struggling with fantasies of deeper connections with clients, whether sexual or parental or other intense or intimate relationships beyond psychotherapy.

Disclosing feelings, fantasies, and experiences to the client in ways not related to the work the client is engaged in.

What made you feel satisfied about your life today?

Eager anticipation (or anxious anticipation) of the next session in ways that distract.

Frequent phoning or texting of clients to “check up on them and make sure they’re OK.”

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.

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Routinely going over the time limit with certain patients, compromising the time for the next client.

Failing to mention the client in supervision/consultation, out of fear the supervisor/consultant will advise return to ordinary healthy boundaries.

Session-expressed curiosities about client details not relevant to the therapy.

What are the reasons for your political affiliation with the Democratic party? What are some aspects of the party that you support and some that you do not?

Off the top of my ancient head:

Obsessing about clients outside of work hours.

Sense of competition with persons who are important in the client’s life.

Why can't white people just surrender their white privilege?

General Introduction to Boundaries from Panahi Counseling: