Objectivity is so very important in the theraputic relationship/process..

You have found the value added aspect of therapy in the "using" of its service for your purpose...to heal.

Many folks enter therapy with a plethora of issues,,lonliness being one. Having an exclusive audience for a prescribed time is tempting to solve the pain of lonliness at the cost of finding solutions to more profound problems...

You've done well sunrise and its also worth mentioning that the temptation is just as difficult for the professional when a wonderfull patient sits with them...

IMHO.

Lenny