Well, therapy is supposed to be the one place where it is ok to bring out those child-like feelings. For me (and some other people as well), therapy is also the only place where it is possible to actually discuss the feelings (positive or negative) I might have about the other person in the room, that is, T. It is relevant and interesting to explore not because of the T relationship itself, but because of other relationships that it is and isn't like, and because of what it might tell me about my other relationships.

I understand the fear of rejection. A good T won't reject you because of those feelings, though. I know that my T has never been anything other than validating of my feelings, whatever they may have been.... that doesn't mean that every T will be like that, but if they are doing their job like they are supposed to, they will.