I think it would depend on what we mean by "caring". Most T's I think would "care" about any client they had from the very first session, in the general sense of having an interest in why you are there, wondering how and if they can help, wanting the best for you whether it was long term healing or working through a specific issue or something else; and wanting to provide a caring environment. Then as the relationship grows, like with any, it will grow stronger and have a deeper foundation and as they come to know us more as individuals and we get to know them better as individuals it changes and has more substance to it and we can start to experience their care at deeper levels. For some people, "care" can be very hard to recognise, receive and accept because we aren't used to it, haven't known it etc and we can also miss it by not understanding what different actions or all the little things (like nannypat described with sharing, remember etc.) can mean as far as examples of care. As far as signs some people need to hear the words "I care" to believe; some people need physical signs like hugs, touch or eye contact to believe it; some people need different actions or words to know they are cared about etc. so that complicates it also. I don't think there is a number of sessions though or a pat formula but rather it's an ever increasing relationship which hopefully grows in care and concern but should also begin there.