I want to chime in!

Yes, I wonder if she thinks about me, and sometimes its because I WANT TO BE SPECIAL I WANT HER TO CAREEE (((big flashing lights and hopeful whining and exclamation points and such))) and sometimes its because I'm terrified I'll burn her out or make her feel bad and well I feel guilty/scared.

But! She has told me of some times when she has thought of me. Like, one time watching a movie. And another couple of times she looked to see if I was working when she was stopping by my store. Andddd... maybe that's kind of it. I think she used one of my metaphors with a patient once.

She HAS told me that she has accepted that she is just someone who takes her work home (i.e. her feelings/thoughts about clients) sometimes. That she can't always be intensely focused on her clients and then BEEP BEEP the clock turns to 5pm (or 7pm or whenever she finishes her work day) and she suddenly shuts everything off and totally forgets about her work day. I think what she was trying to intimate is that she's human and that, yes, she is affected by the other people in her life. And she has to do self-care but you know what? Sometimes she just thinks about her clients. They're ("You are--!") important to her. So tough.

Haha. That's basically what she said. I imagine for a lot of therapists it's the same way. Sometimes I wonder if my therapist over discloses... lol