Falling in love with your counselor.

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yeah...who knows?

No, don't do this. It would damage your patient-professional relationship.

You can be very attracted to a counsellor or a counsellor be attracted to you. But it's usually not a good idea to get involved with one another for obvious reasons.

I know 1st hand that it is quite possible for someone who is not a professional to feel like a counselor for their romantic partner & that can potentially be better than seeing a professional counselor. My girlfriend studies psychogy some because she is very sensitive to others emotions & wants to help & she wants to better work on her own various issues & ironicly I feel like I'm her counselor more than she feels like mine. She's had a bit of professional counseling & would try to find another one but lots are requiring telehealth these days due to the pandemic & Cass like a lot of us Aspies, hates phone calls & video calls. I tried getting professional counseling briefly YEARS ago & it was not helpful. Every psych & GP & nuse practioner I seen has a different idea of what mental disorders I have. They cant get my cause & effect rite. I've had much better luck researching & trying psych meds. Lots think I have good self persective thou & if I want to make any psych med changes, my doc & psychiatist listen to me & it helps me. I woud not have a pychiatist if I could prescribe my own psych mede & I would be on the exact same meds. I think it would be better for Cass if I was her psychiatist instead of her counselor but she has her own psych & he's good & I like him better than mine but I try to play the role Cass needs,wants me to play as beest I can cuz I love her & worry about her & I think she finds my counseling better than none. I find Cass understands me & my issues a lot better than anyone else has & just having her around is usually a huge help for me.

^^^ this

Therapy is mean't to help you. If you are emotionally impacted by the counselor then tell her to refer you.