I think of me with my clients and students. I like some, I dislike some, and most are sort of neutral to me. I focus on them when they are with me, and when they are not with me or graduate or move on to their next stage of representation, I move on pretty much without thinking about them. Indeed it is how I see therapists. If it is not one student or client, it will be another for me and for therapists if x is or is not a client, it is just not a big deal. There will be others. And often with the same hangups as x had.

Of course, I do not think of myself as a "charge" into whom a therapist is pouring love either. Super Ack on that.
If you like the notion, have at it.