Love is such a tricky term to define, or even understand, in everyday context, this is further complicated within the therapeutic framework. Not to mention how each one of us attaches our own personal definition to what love means. We may also love various people yet the love we feel is different for each of these different people.

I think Ts mostly care about their clients - i.e. concern about their well-being and wanting to help them 'heal'. Love? Not so sure. For me, love entails a closer, deeper, more... personal or intimate element. It might happen but if so, it would be a different, 'boundaried' love.

A therapist will never love you (general you) as a mother loves her child. A therapist will never love you as they love their sibling or their best friend. Maybe they could have some sort of agape love?