Good T's really care. But that doesn't mean they think about you after they leave the office. In fact, it might be a cruel reality but T's stop thinking about you, at least temporarily, once you leave your session. You wouldn't want them thinking about the previous patient before you while you are there, would you? I think not.

But T's do give you their undivided attention while you are there, and they also give you much more consideration during the time each week they set aside to work on patient's progress and in planning your continuing care and future sessions.

They really need to NOT think too much about their patients when they are on their own personal time. A T that does too much of that will burn out and not be useful to anyone that sees and needs her/him.

But I've yet to know any good therapist/psychologist that doesn't at least at times during personal time think about his/her patients, and often get an "AH HA!" regarding something else to bring to the therapy session.

If they really care about their patients, they will model good self care.