Interesting! Never had this conversation with my T. Recently my T had a family emergency in another State. The hospital provided him with a private office with WIFi so he could 'work'. Asked how his brother-in-law was doing. He gave me some general info. My T has a serious heart problem, well controlled. But during our session, he laid his head back. Very unusual. Just blurted out: Are you OK? Do you want to end early? He said no. His sleep schedule was just upset as a family member was staying with patient 24/7.

Afterwards felt weird that I did that. It was none of my business. Kept reminding myself that I am paying him to be my therapist. He's not my friend. He talks with me 3 hours a week. Specific times and length of time. He has 'professional' caring. Can call otherwise in an emergency but not just cuz I want to talk something over.

How do you all draw the professional line from caring for each other?