I experience waxing and waning ET with T but mostly what I feel is paternal transference. What does it look like to acknowledge and work through this? Does it depend on the therapy modality? T has stopped short of saying, "you view me as a father figure", and I haven't directly said it either, though it is clearly inferred when I tell him I daydream about him reading me children's books
And the ET hasn't been mentioned by me so likely he has no clue.

Should I be more blunt and openly say "I wish I had a dad like you"? It feels so vulnerable saying that. Is it possible to work through the transference (any type)? Or is that a myth...? I'm sensing tentativeness on his part to explore this. I admit I don't fully understand the different types of therapy but his website mentions that he uses psychodynamic self-psychology. Not sure how much of a difference that makes....