I talk about this a lot with my t. I go through periods of intense struggling with the whole 'professional collaboration' thing, with wanting more of her than the therapy framework allows, especially because we have a personal interest in common. The most helpful thing for me is simply to talk about my feelings with her in session. LT's right, our feelings are our feelings and they are real. While some may argue this next part (including me sometimes!) The relationship we have with our t is a 'real' relationship, it's just different than other ones... has different boundaries, different dynamics or something, but that doesn't make it, us, or the t fake. (This of course is only my opinion at the moment and reflects my t relationship only.)