Thanks for all the comments and support. I'll add more later, but just wanted to say I'm slightly torn as to how much to bring up to the new T regarding this one. I brought up a tiny bit (like 5 min of a 90-min intake session) Wednesday. But I don't want M to be concerned I'll have all these same issues with him. At the same time, I'd rather know earlier than later how he feels about the role of a T for a client. But I feel weird saying something like, "Are you willing to say to clients that you care about them?" But I talked to K about that yesterday, and she came right out and said she cares about me, though she knows she has no real control over what I do. And she would say that to any client. But (this is a record number of "buts" in a post, I think), it may also be different for a female T saying that to a heterosexual female client vs. a male T saying that to a female. Like less worry about it potentially being misconstrued. K did give me some good language to use in talking to M, like saying how transference tends to come up for me, but that I also understand that he has boundaries. She said the word "boundaries" suggests he doesn't need to be concerned.