My T and I were just talking about this a couple of days ago. He said that while it's true (and appropriate) that he takes up a much bigger place in my life than I do in his, it's not true that is entirely one-sided (which I had commented that I thought it was). As Crescent said, he cares about me and not simply because I represent a source of income. He sees things that remind him of me. He wonders how I'm doing during the week.

No, we're not friends, but I do think it's different than my relationships with my physician or my hair stylist. Those are also real relationships, but they're defined by their own sets of conventions.