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counseling relationship

the interaction between counselor and client in which the relationship is professional yet also characterized by empathic warmth and authenticity, with the counselor bringing professional training, experience, and personal insight to bear on the problems revealed by the client. The relationship is considered to be of central importance in bringing about desired change.

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anal masturbation

anal masturbation

a form of anal eroticism in which sexual excitement is achieved through manual or mechanical self-stimulation of the anus.