When the sessions have been emotional and really intense, my therapist has said the following to me, at various times over the past few months:

You mean too much to me
You're precious to me
I would love to be your friend
I've grown quite attached a bit, to you

Is this normal behaviour in person centered therapy? Is it genuine or is it just part of a method employed because she wants me to feel cared for and valued by someone. She once asked me if I believed her, did I think she would do that to me (lie about her feelings for me).

On the one hand I don't think she would lie, on the other I can't believe she means it in the way I'm taking it... Perhaps my desire to feel cared about by someone, is making me read more into it than there is.

I don't feel able to ask her about it, because I'd be mortified and embarrassed if she didn't mean it in the way it comes across.

I'd appreciate any opinions on this.