Healed,

I think it is bothersome because, while all relationships do eventually end, therapy is the only relationship that starts with the purpose of eventually ending it.

Not only that, the relationship is intense while it lasts because the relationship is so much the point.

On the other hand, family is forever (for many, not for me sadly) and friendships can be forever.

I think that so much of my own anxiety about therapy isn't about therapy itself, it is really anxiety about the ending. That's what I'm hearing when I read your post, but I could be off.

In other words, it's caring (not fake) to tailor treatment to you. This is showing that the T knows and understands you and what you need. It's the same as if you saw two children crying and you gave one a sandwich and gave the other a hug. That's not fake-adapting to each child, it's recognizing what each needs and providing that specific thing.