And to add in my case, my former therapist who I'll be contacting soon to break things off with, I think liked the attention.

I was sitting in front of a gorgeous woman telling her how much I felt for her and how I have a beautiful woman dance for me who looks just like her.
She became angry in a session when I said that I was able to separate this dancer from her and I no longer saw a similarity between the two women- my therapist and this dancer. I was able to be myself and tell my former t what this woman looked like and really open up, whereas before when I saw a likeness between them, I was certainly flummoxed. During this portion of the session, she immediately became defensive, angry and spoke to me in a tone I've never heard before.

She referred to our client-therapist relationship as an "us" on a few occasions...
Me: I can't tell many people that I'm attached to you as my therapist and my feelings for you (not romantic) as far as this attachment.
Her: Oh, you can't tell many people about us.

I wanted more from her, boundaries were blurred, yet I put so much faith in her and to find out that she lied about a death in the family. Wow.

I emailed Jeffrey Smith in detail before this and he encouraged me to go back to her. Even get a mediator if I had to. Whatever you do, DON'T leave the therapist you're attached to because there is healing involved.

Not with this therapist. It did teach me to walk away from situations that aren't good for me and to look for reciprocal relationships in real life to work on, but this transference thang isn't high on my list of wonderful experiences.