Hello, I'm new here, but this is exactly the reason I was looking for. My therapist is an intern and I have been going to him for almost a year. I felt comfortable with him right away and trusted him right away, which doesnt happen for me often. My mom and sister both say there is a reason he was sent to me. I dont feel like I love him romanticaly but I do love him as a person very much. Our therapist/patient relationship will be ending in about a month and he wants to talk about it ending and what this will mean for me. I told him I didnt want to discuss it. It is my way to avoid thinking about things until after the fact. I told him that talking about it wont change the fact that it is going to end, so lets skip it, it will end and I will move on. I dont know if I should tell him that the real reason I dont want to talk about it is because it breaks my heart. I feel like we are talking about his death or something. He knows that I feel like I am losing my bestfriend, but I am not sure if he knows how important a person he is to me. Would I be totally out of line by telling him the truth? I do not want to destroy our relationship or change it. I also dont want him to think that I am in love with him and this is "transference" It is my homework, so to speak, this week to think about why I avoid talking about somethings and why I dont want to talk to him about this ending. Please tell me someone has been in this position before, how it ended up and any advice.