Sometimes I think about this exact thing too. But I figure it this way. I have about 30 patients I see every week (sometimes multiple times per week)... I'm a nurse not a T, but there's still some level of compassion and empathy you must have and a lot of the time patients are telling me deep, dark secrets. When I go home at the end of the day, I am still thinking about my patient... i think "I really like Mr X. He's in a tough situation, what else can I do to help him and his family?" Or on the other hand I have some really mean and difficult patients and I will come home and think, "What else can I possible do to not have Mr X hate me so much?" I'm honestly always thinking about my patients, of course some more than others, but my caring for them does not end when I leave the house.

In the past, before I started home care, I would wonder whether T thought about me outside of sessions. I never did ask, but a few times she would say, "I saw 'X' on TV and I thought about you." Or she would say, "I was thinking about what we talked about over the weekend....." By those comments I know she processes our sessions more than just when we're in the actualy session. Now that I have my own patients I have discovered that it is definitely true because I do it too. Honestly, unless you had the worst T in the world, rest assured that he/she thinks about you from time to time outside of sessions.