Didn't read through all responses.....but wanted to respond cuz as soon as I read, ''A stranger? How long have we been working together?" I felt the want to respond....

T's get to know us very deeply/intimately. So to them we are not strangers. But think of how much we know about THEM; not much at all! So they are basically strangers to us. Except that they provide the support and empathic listening and therapeutic guidance. But does all that add up to intimacy? Not in my world. They give us something we need and desire and enjoy. But they are still strangers to us, at least my t is a stranger to me, despite the 5+ years I have known her. No, not the years I have known her, but the years she has known me, the years we have been meeting weekly.

Now I shall go on and read the rest of the responses....

Btw, gotta love this avatar. I love your avatar runway....Keep 'em coming...