My T gives me support and advice. He shares his thoughts and opinions - but his feelings are truly his own to keep to himself. We can't help how we feel about others, and I can't imagine trying to pressure him to share his feelings about me. It'd be taking too much of a risk to push him into either revealing things I don't want to know, or lying. So I wouldn't put that on him.

But his thoughts and opinions he shares with me - but those are his professional thoughts and opinons.

If I wanted his personal thoughts, opinions and feelings, then he wouldn't be my therapist - he would be a friend.

That said, the support and advice he gives me demonstrates a lot. The advice he gives are suggestions showing me his opinion on how he interprets my life and actions.

Therapists really do need to separate their professional-selves, and their personal-selves. If you're wanting her personal-self to be present then you'll probably be best moving on honestly, because that isn't fair to ask her as that's not her job. Sure, her professional and personal self would have lots in common, but if you want solely personal then that's a friendship.