I plan to ask my T this Wednesday:

Do your clients ever affect you? Do you think about us outside of work? Do you rejoice over our successes and mourn over our failures? Do you get emotionally attached despite efforts not to? Do any of us manage to really get into your heart?

I'm going to explain why I'm asking afterward:

After what happened between *Client 1* and me on Friday (PTSD touch-resistant young girl hugged me and told me she loved me...big for her), I just wanted to scoop her up and take her home. Made it even harder when I did my on-call house checks Sunday and she asked me if she could come home with me. I love each and every one of my clients, but I am emotionally attached to three of mine; *Client 1*, *Client 2*, and *Client 3*. *Client 2* and I have had a special bond since the day I started working at the group home; he and his mom came to my wedding. He comes into my office to just stand behind me in my chair and put his hands on my shoulders. *Client 2* and *Client 3* are non-verbal and I think I relate to them because I feel like I never had a voice growing up. *Client 1* reminds me of myself because she has a hard time attaching to people due to what happened to her in life.

What do y'all think?