This will come as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with my threads, but the other day I was trying to convince myself that my T's caring wasn't real caring because it was just part of her nature as a therapist. She cares about all of her clients from the get-go, so it has nothing to do with me...hence not real caring in my eyes.

BUT, as I was trying to form my argument, I think I may have proved the opposite point.

All I could think of was the fact that I care about all dogs. Whenever I meet a dog, I have an instant liking and compassion for it. The dog doesn't have to do anything, it's just how I am. Nothing special about the dog (i.e. nothing special about me).

So this was my grand example, but then I got to thinking about the somewhat recent loss of my childhood dog and how hard her loss was. How much I cared for her. I may care for all dogs as a default, but the fact that I spent so much time with my dog brought it to a different level of care. I loved her because of who she was, what she meant to me, how we grew up together.

Maybe this is the same way with therapists? Does this make sense? I feel like I've reached a different level of understanding about this.

Even though I might now comprehend and believe T cares, I still have trouble with her ability to care about so many people (clients) at once. It doesn't make sense to me. I don't have any personal experience with that. She has to care about some more than other..etc.