I agree with lolagrace. I'm always a bit puzzled when I read in posts people concerned that a therapist cannot really care and feel love for a client because we are their job... Why couldn't and wouldn't someone love their job??! I definitely love mine, think about my work often even when I don't actually work, and have developed affection for quite a few colleagues, supervisors, supervisees etc over the years. Even when the collaborations are over, I often keep fond memories of many of them and am happy to hear from them or know how they are doing. Of course it's not like loving a child, that I think is not possible in a work or therapy relationship (not that I know since I don't have kids, but it seems counterintuitive). But it can be genuine affection and care in it's own context.