Being on this site, I'm amazed at how different one's relationship with their T can be,
emails, no emails, texting, no texting, contact between sessions, no contact, holding,
hugging, strong boundaries, etc. I believe each and every one of us experience something unique. I cant say my T doesn't occasionally say things that I wrestle with in terms of my feelings towards him, but he is human, and I think his feelings towards me eck through at times. We do have a casual relationship at times, it's just the way we are together. He provides incredible support, calls and checks up on me, asks me to call him when I am going through a difficult time, usually responds to my emails, but not always.

When we are doing the hard work of therapy, our interactions are strickly professional but as he says....intimate. No pretenses by either of us.
My life is literally at stake at times and we both know that.
He works hard for me, and I try to work hard for myself, and we respect each other
and our different ways of communicating. All transference aside. I think after being in the profession for 35 years, he just has his own style molded by so many peoples lives.
I'm glad to have met him and to have allowed him into my life.