Sorry for the late update, been busy...To all the questions:

The stuff I wrote in the opening post were just a few small details of this therapist's behavior, there's much more to the picture that I'm not sure if I should post yet (privacy reasons etc.).

I can understand where some of you are coming from in regards to affectionate behavior from a therapist that you've known for a while, but there's a difference with my situation-I've known her only about 3 months, not a long time. She circled my birthday on her calendar without me even prompting her.

I was apologizing to her because I wasn't showing much reciprocation to all her affectionate behavior, and her face went red. She said that it was okay, and wouldn't be like "I don't like him anymore, he's no longer my favorite client!". Reason I'm asking is because this is my first time in therapy and was curious if this was normal or not.