OK, gonna try a more positive one for MC:
Dear LT,
It really means a lot to me how much you care about me and my well-being. I'm just not sure how to deal with it sometimes. Most of my patients probably don't think much about me at all. And that's how it's technically supposed to be, according to what I learned in school. I often worry I've messed up with you, because you care so much. I worry that I'm somehow making things worse for you instead of better.

The thing is, I see a lot of myself in you. I've been through some of the same struggles. You'd think because I've dealt with it, I'd know what to say to you to make you feel better about yourself. But some of it, I still deal with on a daily basis. Like the anxiety and self-doubt. And telling you that it never really goes away, you just learn to deal with it--I'm not sure how much that will help. But please know that I understand. That void I was talking about? I had it inside me, too. Maybe I still do, a little.

I'm not sure what I'm getting at here. I know I've said before that I'm "not real." But our connection is. Not just between shrink and patient, but between two humans. Our relationship may be limited by therapeutic boundaries, but that doesn't mean it can't be special. Because it is.

Love,
MC