I think there is emotional intimacy in the T-relationship, like MKAC's T was trying to point out. It's not the same as sexual intimacy, but it can feel similar. That's some of my problem. I get them confused. When my T and I are close emotionally, it feels intimate. It's hard for me to differentiate between physical and emotionally intimacy; in fact, emotionally intimacy feels physical and sometimes sexual too. I'm getting my thoughts mixed-up here, but what I'm trying to say is that the closeness of the T-relationship certainly is intimate, in my opinion. Someone on PC posted a quote from someone about therapy being the only situation where 2 people spend so much time alone together without it being sexual. Something like that. It's a generalization, but there is truth to the T-setup as being conducive to emotional intimacy and if not for rules and boundaries, physically intimacy too.