This is how I feel also. T told me last session that no matter what I told her she would always care about me and my well-being. But I know it is at a t-client level.

I relate to it like when I taught swimming lessons to young children. I cared about all my students. I never wanted them to get hurt during a lesson, I did my best to teach them, and truly enjoyed seeing them succeed and pass onto the next level. I did miss a few of them because they were such fun students. I appreciated all the drawings and cards they gave me at the end of our class. If I saw them outside of class it was nice to talk with them, but I didn't want to be invited to their birthday parties or extend the relationship beyond the swimming lessons. I taught them skills that helped them move on to the next level. In some cases they taught me lessons in patience and flexibility. That was the purpose of our relationship.