BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS START OUT SMALL ON THE SLIPPERY SLOPE

It starts out with the simple words "I care about you" and then leads to full-blown sex in his bedroom. Well, actually there's a lot of in-betweens. The little gifts, like a small poetry book, the hugs, the small self-disclosures, small confessions of attraction, extending the sessions and then adding more sessions. It's the "you're special" - the elevated feelings of being worthful and alive for the first time in your life. .

But he's your psychologist. This is a "professional relationship" or is it??? The above mentioned is sliding down that slippery slope without ski poles and wearing blinders. There's the rush, the speed and then ultimately the crash. When does a hug turn into a dance? When it lasts a few minutes longer and bodies hold tightly to one another and he starts swaying you in his arms. It's so subtle in the beginning that you convince yourself that you're doing it for the patients well-being. That you aren't rigid like the rest of your colleagues. You're an innovator!!! You take risks! You care more about your patients and are willing to go out on a limb than other therapists!

Please read these books for more graphic details of going down "the slippery slope of doom"