I've told my T a couple of times that I'm afraid of becoming attached to him. I have this terrible habit of almost fantasizing what it would be like for kind male authority figures in my life to be my father or a father-figure (if that doesn't scream daddy-issues, I don't know what does ), and my T is only a year younger than my dad, so this could become a real problem for me. It hasn't happened though in my 2 years of therapy, partly because T has great boundaries and partly because I've been careful to check my emotions. Attachment is so hard to define though...It's just something I know in my gut that is happening. I certainly have positive emotions and gratitude for him, but I've never let myself get really attached. It would hurt way, WAY too much once the therapeutic relationship is over, so I think it's for the better.