I have a relationship with my T very much like what you are talking about. I am a woman but was raised primarily by my dad who raised me as a son. My T reminds me that his role in my life is as my psychologist/doctor but that we also have a relationship. The relationship is real it just has boundaries placed on it because he is my doctor. He also tells me what ever feelings I have for him are OK and that my feelings for him can’t be too big or too much. There are boundaries on behaviors and what we can do to express our feelings but there are no boundaries on the feelings. Yes, I am “just” a client but most of his friends don’t get as much of his undivided attention as I do (one hour per week) so of course there is closeness and connection. Yes, I cry because I am feeling love from T in a way I have never felt before. I also cry from deep gratitude which I share with him often.