If a client asked me that I would be super uncomfortable. I think love is a very loaded word and has a lot of strings. Mind you I work with kids now not adults. I care very much for the kids I work with but you have to keep some separation with clients. Otherwise you get too attached and involved and you can't be effective anymore.

As for the therapists I have had myself and the one I have now, I did go through a time with one where I wanted that maternal love, where I needed unconditional love from somewhere. She obviously couldn't meet that need for me and it ended up being a sign I needed to move on and get a new T because I had stopped growing. The focus needs to be on me and my healing and not on my relationship or need for approval with my T.

So there are my two cents from both sides of the coin for what it's worth.