I don't think all Ts care about all their clients. I have heard some descriptions on this site about people's Ts that did not sound caring at all--they sounded really damaging. So I do not agree with your contention that all Ts care about all clients. What has made you think that is true? Are you worried that your T doesn't care about you? If so, why? Has she been mean to you? Let you down?

I can only speak about my own relationships with therapists. I have ZERO doubt that my T cares for me tremendously. Whether all therapists care about their clients doesn't factor into this knowledge I have of my own T's caring. Really, what is most important is that my T cares about me and I know he does. I don't worry about what all Ts do.

My daughter and I went to see a family therapist together for about 9 months. He was a nice guy, kind of shy, and we liked him. I would not say we were tremendously close (it is harder to get close to the T when you are not in individual therapy), but the three of us had a relationship. My daughter and I decided we had gotten all we could have out of therapy with him, so we decided the next session would be our last, and we would tell him good-bye. At the session, after about 10 minutes in, I told him that today would be our last session. I remember he just stopped, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the ceiling. Finally he came back "down" and said, "breaking up is hard to do." This was his way of saying this was hard for him, and he would not have said that unless he cared. We spent the rest of the time talking about what we had gained from therapy, and him also--what he had learned from us. So this was a relationship not filled with a lot of overt demonstrations of caring. But in the end, I know he did care. But yet we didn't experience this caring intensely during the therapy, and it wasn't important for us that we didn't. But we never thought he didn't care either.

Anyway, SW, I am not sure why you are thinking of this question now. Is it a rather academic exploration of the T relationship for you to think of how how the therapist profession is defined and if caring is part of their job description or genuine (or both)? Or are you worried about whether your own T cares about you? If the latter, I urge you to look directly at that question rather than what all Ts are like. And explore it with your T.

I can't judge if your T cares about you or not, Solarwind, but I don't think you have seen the light! I think a lot of Ts do care. I think you are trying to move from this idea (which I don't agree with) that all Ts care, to the opposite, that all Ts don't really care (because its just part of their job description).