Mine said once (I forget the context--may have been during a health scare), "If you were to die tomorrow, I'd be very affected." (Which, for him, is suggesting a lot of emotion--I can't imagine him ever using a term like "devastated," possibly for his wife or son.)
He did answer when I asked him about losing patients once, mainly about those who took their own lives. I think at least one definitely fell in that category, and there were a couple who passed from drug overdoses, where it wasn't clear if it was intentional or not. He said one particularly affected him because it was a heroin overdose, and the client hadn't even shared that they were using. So it was rather shocking. (He's been practicing around 20 years, so it's not too surprising to me that he's lost a few clients.)
He also mentioned one who'd passed from natural causes, where the client just didn't show up after being very reliable, then didn't respond to a call or text about it. Eventually, a relative called my T to let him know. (That was from my asking what would happen if I just stopped showing up, as I've been very reliable. Would he at least try contacting me once? The answer was yes.)
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