My T is like my best possible mother mixed with my best possible me. "You are perfect and I am part of you"...This is a quote from a discussion of a type of transference by Kohut ( think). It is equated to the developmental period when a baby/child feels like they are still part of the mother (not yet a separate entity), and the child idealizes the mother. I hope I got that explanation right but it is the best description of how I feel