I “recognized “ my T right away the first time we met. It was like being home and seeing a long time friend. At first I wrote it off as transference because I was regularly catching similarities between him and Fr. As time went on though we realized how much more we have in common, how sometimes we don’t even have to say anything... so yeh, I think it is possible BUT no way would I quit therapy to be friends with him. There are SO many things we can do together as client and T that we can’t do as friends AND *if* we were to be friends I would enjoy the friendship more and he would enjoy me more after I heal not where I am at now. As a T he is completely engaged with me and enjoys working with me. I think where I am at right now he would get bored with me as a friend even though he agrees about our connection.