I know this thread is a couple of weeks old but I had an interesting addition to it. I told my T in our last session that, "...while I get that 'you' are not my job, something you said is taking up some space in my head and so, I'm going to get rid of it now." I continued, "What is the power of the therapeutic relationship in your opinion?"

T: "I'm not suppose to say."
Me: "But I already know and you know that."
T: "Love."
Me: "So when you told me that you didn't consider yourself one of the better T's out there, you were really saying that you aren't all that good at loving people. Is that right?"
T: "Annnnd that's why you're going to school to become a therapist. Thanks for that. Now back to you..."

Which we did. I am not currently going to school for that but we have discussed it and I am beginning the enrollment process to start in January.