I use "love" to talk about my forever relationships, like family and my partner and very close friends (pets, too). People who I will know until I die or they do. I don't think my relationship with my T is like that. So to me it seems like expressing "love" between a therapist and client would make it harder for the client to terminate later, because how do you quit seeing someone you love?

With my T, I think we care about each other and enjoy our time together, but I wouldn't call it love.