When a patient opens up to a therapist they sometimes become attached and dependent on their therapist. I tried to find information on Woody Allen Syndrome but nothing is coming up. Is this common and how can therapists try to prevent this situation?

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Here is a good article explaining what is meant from the "Woody Allen
Syndrome" and how it came into being.
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1158301
I was unable to get the above link in two tries, but the phenomenon you are describing is called transference.

I searched Google under the key words "'Woody Allen Syndrome'" to get these possible sources:

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1158301
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/4311/review/book/woody_allen
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Under transference, I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transference
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http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/transference.html
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=8253
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-transference.htm

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
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