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I do believe it is the person not the profession that makes him/her a stranger or not!

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confused, I also think it is the therapeutic orientation/approach and their training that partly determines this. My T is humanistic and we are supposed to have this mutualistic relationship. That's his orientation. He's supposed to show me he is human and share stuff from his life or whatever it takes to develop that mutualism. Some T's however, are trained to used the "blank slate" approach, in which they tell nothing of their lives to their clients. This works well for some clients. So I think it is a mix--their personality, the client's personality, and their training.