When I first saw my T after she was abruptly placed on leave last year (because of a disagreement with management, not because of any inappropriateness on her part) she made no secret of the fact that it was painful for her to have her relationships with all of her clients terminated so brutally. Like your T, griffin, she was very professional about it and maintained her boundaries as flawlessly as ever, but as you mentioned, it was a very human side of her that I experienced that day. I also felt very protective of her, and I still do when she talks about perhaps returning to work there later this year. The whole experience was traumatic at the time, but I am one of only a very few of her clients who managed to reconnect with her at her new job. The whole experience, being something we in some way went through together, has changed our relationship, very much for the better.