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

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

Off the top of my ancient head:

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

Has anyone been spanked by their parents after becoming an adult?

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

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

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.

Are the seasons in Ireland different from those in Scotland, England, and Wales? Or are they just milder versions of each other?

Obsessing about clients outside of work hours.

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

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

What one thing makes someone a very mature person?

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

General Introduction to Boundaries from Panahi Counseling:

Serious disappointment when the client cancels a session.

What do dreams about dead people mean?

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