Question:

A massage practitioner has been seeing the same client weekly for 3 months. This client often discusses personal issues with the massage practitioner. During the previous session, the massage professional provided some reading information to help the client and talked with the client about how the practitioner had dealt with a similar issue. The client has canceled the previous two appointments. What is the most logical cause?

A Conversation with the client overshadowed the massage session.

explanation

Therapeutic boundaries had been violated by shifting focus from the massage to dealing with the personal issue.