I very much had this with ex-MC, and it was something that felt very healing to me. I feel it's something he likely practiced, as he's mentioned other techniques he uses. And he has very intense brown eyes.

T does the fairly intense eye contact thing at times, too--it can be particularly intense when we're parting ways and shaking hands, because then there's both physical touch and eye contact. It can also feel healing (both with ex-MC and T) if I look at them when I'm crying and they hold eye contact, which can feel very accepting, even if they don't say a word. Or if I'm sharing something that feels shameful. Feeling seen and accepted are very important to me (I feel I missed some of that in childhood), so eye contact in therapy can feel very powerful to me.