Is Sex with Your Therapist Wrong?

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Any thoughts?

If the relationship somehow effects the therapists treatment of the patient, i'd say yes.

Why? >.>

It's not "wrong" for the patient to do it, but it would violate the therapist's professional code of ethics.

Clearly a violation of the Greek physicians Hippocratic Oath but a lot of physicians are Jewish and go by the Ten Commandments.

Wrong? Meh.

Would it feel very strange? Probably.

Yes it would feel very weird but does that mean its wrong?

I'd need more information.

My gut says "bad idea", the relationship between a patient and a therapist should be a professional one, not a romantic one.

Yes.

There are no gray areas here. The relationship between a professional and a client should never be compromised by another element. It doesn't matter whether the relationship is doctor-patient, lawyer-client, priest-penitent, nurse-patient, dentist-patient, teacher-student (adult student), counsellor-patient, the professional owes 100% of their care and attention to the client's needs in a neutral, unbiased fashion.

It's usually exploitative on behalf of the professional as well.

Sure it is not "wrong", just make sure to get a new therapist. Because once the therapist enters your life as a sex partner, (s)he can't really be your therapist anymore, you kind of need someone who has neutral perspective of your life for that therapist position. Neutrality and being outside of your life is the reason why people need therapists at all, else it would be easy to just grab your mom/dad/s.o./best friend/whatever instead.

yes

Depends on if the therapy is for sex addiction.

Wait...what kind of therapy are we talking about here? I'm sure certain kinds of therapy might involve sex.

Well it certainly can be considered to be a violation of professional ethics, but as long as there is mutual consent it isn't "wrong". Though I would advise against it. It could really f*ck up your personal life; as well as your relationship with your therapist. Why do you ask, BTW?

No that would be awesome

season 1 of the show 'in treatment' deals with this issue.

i dont want to spoil how it ends, but some of the issues that came up were the phenomena of erotic transferance also the moral issue that from the outset of therapy a trust has been established to allow the patient to open up and shared their innermost secrets, this makes them vulnerable to a weak willed, manipulative or misguided therapist who has by then gained a masive advantage vs a 'real life' relationship.