StormyAngels, thank you again for the very thoughtful response. You sound like you do a great job with these dynamics. That is very awesome to hear. And I think that any good therapist should be this way... to consider what is in the best interests of a client for long term. Good for you!

As a side note - I did ask my T if he liked me as a human and he replied he does :-) So with that internal question answered, it frees my energy to focus even more on the forward motion of healing. :-)