Not only would most therapists find it totally unacceptable to have a client be hungry or starving, they would immediately take steps to help that client get the proper nourishment they need. That would be the focus, knowing that counseling would not be effective until that basic need was satisfied. (Maslow)
Erich Fromm wrote – “...human beings are starved for love.”
The Implications of Unconditional Love for Your Practice
The THDC Training Institute
Can You Imagine A Malnourished Person Running A Marathon?
Why Only Unconditional Behavior Works?
Infants come closest to being loved unconditionally. Is it possible adults do not need it?

Everyone Thinks They Know What Love Is. Do They?
1st INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - SCIENCE OF LOVE.
The Time for a New Science of Love is Now!
Comparing Theories of Love
Can We – Should We Arrive At a Unified Theory of Love?