maybe one of the professional Ts around here can address this, but i don't believe this is the case at all. in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy this may be true but i've not heard this to be the case with other types of t. altho i know yalom, an existential T, has said this as well. there are so many forms of T like family systems, cbt, person-centered, etc where i believe this doesn't come into play that much unless the client brings it up.

again, i have to disagree. what the OP is describing is transference and that is something to be worked through in therapy. it can almost be considered a tool of therapy and is not the same thing as a healthy attachment. i realize you didn't qualify if the attachment was healthy or not so maybe i misunderstood your intent. a healthy attachment is not something one would need to work through. my understanding is transference happens because of unhealthy childhood attachments.

also, i don't believe most clients develop transference altho i don't have any stats. this forum tends to attract people who are experiencing transference so what is common here is not necessarily the norm for therapy clients as a whole. i saw 4 female Ts all for a significant amount of time and never experienced transference but had healthy attachments with some. i did experience transference when i briefly saw a male T as that is where i had particularly unhealthy attachments as a child. having known lots of people who have been in T i can personally say i've never heard one of them mention having anything with their T that sounded like transference.