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he sees me as having a problem/pathology

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This is what I meant. Simple friendships can be therapeutic at times but their purpose is not strictly for this. You can call up and just hang out or chat with a friend for no real purpose other than you want company. The purpose of our interaction with our T is to help us deal with specific things (divorce,PTSD, depression, etc). Although you might be able to create a temporary environment with your T that feels like you are just going there to chat and catch up on things, you really aren't. You are a patient with some pathology and he is a T. The chatting has a underling purpose. There is nothing wrong with that, it is just what it is.