I agree with this. It doesn't matter how many parts of a person you know, you can still feel love for them because love has no boundaries. I have felt love for complete strangers before. Even though I knew but one part of a stranger didn't make my love any less real.

Yes, transference and idealization with a T (or anyone) often confuses a client about the depth and reciprocity of the the love but I don't think it's fair to say the love isn't real on some level. Many clients love their T's, many T's love their clients, and even on it's most basic level this love is real.

Love is powerful and healing; it can be temporary or eternal. I really wish it weren't so complicated and seemingly taboo to allow ourselves more in-and-out flow of that purity of innocent love, especially in today's world. Easier said than done, even for me.