I think they can care, and their training and personalities allow and prepare them to do this. I think they can care intensely at times but also maintain their boundaries. I also believe a caring therapist is an essential part of the healing that can occur in therapy. I can tell this issue is very important to you, Xtree, and I hope you can find some peace.

This issue is not one that I have felt an intense need to explore or resolve. I feel kind of relaxed about it and haven't felt a need to have evidence that my T cares for me and or to talk with him about whether he cares about me more than I care about him or more than my doctor does. I guess I just feel his caring so don't need to question it. If I did not feel caring from him, but did care myself, it would be disturbing. It would be hard to let myself really care about him unless there was some reciprocity.