Therapist-Client Boundaries: Why Your Therapist Can’t Be Your Friend

I very often hear, “I wish we could just hang out. We would totally be best friends.” And the truth is, I usually feel the same way! When both a client and a therapist feel that if they’d met under different circumstances they would be besties, it means that they are a fantastic fit to do the work of therapy. But here’s the catch: we can’t be friends, and there’s a really good reason for that.