Have any of you ever told your therapist you love them? Not in a romantic or sexual way but more like the love you feel for a best friend or something. I feel this way about my T but I am hesitant to tell her. I have already brought up the issue of maternal transference and how I see her as an idealised mother figure so I guess these feelings wouldn't come as a total surprise.

I had an incident yesterday where my mother totally invalidated my feelings. She pretty much made fun of my tears and said that crying wasn't going to help anybody and that we need to be strong for everyone. I was insulted, hurt and angry. I just kept thinking how T would never do this to me and how "perfect" T is (I know she can't be perfect but she seems that way to me). I keep thinking about how much I love T and wish she was my mother/would take care of me.

So...for those of you who have told their T they love them, what was their reaction?