I have mixed feelings on articles like this. I dont quite get why a simple concept like love needs to be so overanalyzed. To death. Repeatedly. By so many people. Perhaps i am missing something and dont understand it fully.

To me love is simple. Love is a good thing.. I wish there was more love going around the world. Between more people.
Perhaps i dont complicate the therapy relationship so much because my husband is a t and i have always understood that t's are just people, with faults and normal problems. I dont idealize my t. She is awesome, but she isnt perfect and doesnt have to be. I love her and she loves me, that is just two people loving each other, like i love my sister or the students in my class or my neighbor or a friend.

The article reminded me about me and my students. I am very involved in their lives- all of my students have had such traumatic, scary times in their tiny little lives, and i am one of the only stable people they have, my classroom is one of the only safe places they have go go. And i love them deeply. But i am no sooooo involved that i cant also be a good teacher. I love them, but i will still discipline them and teach them to be good. If they do something wrong, i put them in time out. But five minutes later i am loving all over them. I will cuddle with them and rock them when theyre in trauma, but i am also a tough teacher with high standards. This reminds me of my t. She loves me and is involved in my life, but she loves me too much to just leave me down in my pit, she is going to be tough enough on me to teach me and show me how to get out there and have a life.