I think as clients, we ALL get a baseline of caring from our T's. I don't think most T's continue to work with people they cannot like/care about on some level, or the therapy would be unhelpful.

But T's are human, and there are of course some clients they like more than others, some that are closer to their hearts.

Don't you have dogs that you love ALL of them, protect and care for ALL of them, but maybe there's just one you love all to pieces, maybe you slide her an extra treat every now and again?

T liking some clients more doesn't negate the baseline caring- it probably vacillates based on a lot of different variables, the same as you care differently about different people in your life.