I used to say it to T, and my T used to say it too. Now, she won't. She says that word is reserved for family and close friends, and that to use it with me would not be genuine or useful. That was hurtful. Then, two weeks after she said that, she gave me a hug after a session and out of the blue told me she loved me. Broke her own boundary. I said "I love you too," and she said "I know." I've not heard it since. I've quit saying it too. I nearly canceled my session tomorrow because I have a meeting for work, but decided to skip the meeting and go to therapy instead. She wrote me an Email when I told her I may cancel tomorrow and would let her know by the end of the work day, and she said something like "I would love to see you, but understand some things are higher priority." Well, I decided to skip the work meeting to go to therapy. But I hated her using LOVE. I hated her saying "I would love to see you." It's not about her and her needs, it's about me, so the fact that she wanted to see me isn't relevant. And the fact that she said "I would love to see you" bothered me. Like that word has become off limits (her choice,) so I'd rather she not use it, in any context, when it comes to me. That sounds pretty bitter, I know. We have done some amazing work lately. But all of these boundary changes I've seen since March are still very hurtful. I don't want her using LOVE at all when it pertains to me. I don't care if she'd love to see me. I didn't decide to go for that reason. I decided to go because I canceled my session last Monday, and I didn't want to not have a session this week, with all that's going on.