I like that! It's like that item from the Emotionally Absent Mother, "You can rest in me". If he can "rest" in you, if he is comfortable with you, then you can feel comfortable and accepted by him. I reminded my T this week of how one time, in the first year of my therapy with him, I wanted to turn a hug into a short waltz, and he freaked out! Now we dance or rock all the time, no biggie. The actual therapy is still therapy, boundaries fully intact - but he's not playing the role of a harshly rejecting parent anymore, that I have to constantly try to win over. So maybe your T finally heard YOUR banging on that door for what it really is, and decided it was safe to open it. At least he finally got it.