It's called "transference" and is normal and common.
If your feelings for her are getting in the way of therapy you need to find another therapist. If you tell her how you feel about her and she reciprocates and acts on it, she's totally unprofessional and unethical.
In therapy it's essential to be able to focus totally on therapy, which is why good therapist don't even socialise with their clients and certainly don't get into relationships with them.
One course of action would be to tell her how you feel and that you need to find another therapist and check out her response: if she does reciprocate your feelings you can pursue a friendship and maybe relationship, but you would need to leave a couple of months before doing that to ensure therapy doesn't continue into the friendship/relationship.
Should I tell my therapist I'm in love with her?
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It's called "transference" and is normal and common.
If your feelings for her are getting in the way of therapy you need to find another therapist. If you tell her how you feel about her and she reciprocates and acts on it, she's totally unprofessional and unethical.
In therapy it's essential to be able to focus totally on therapy, which is why good therapist don't even socialise with their clients and certainly don't get into relationships with them.
One course of action would be to tell her how you feel and that you need to find another therapist and check out her response: if she does reciprocate your feelings you can pursue a friendship and maybe relationship, but you would need to leave a couple of months before doing that to ensure therapy doesn't continue into the friendship/relationship.