I felt the same about mine and she was a woman. You just get attached to them (if they're good therapists)

Nope, im crazy about mine too i get to see her every week on monday once i walk out of her office i cant wait till the next monday she is awesome!

The one im talking about is my psychologist not my pychiatrist.

Enthralled as in... "in lust?" Or just, enthralled because the therapy is working for you?

oh yeah, the tdoc not the pdoc.
I think I would do anything to keep seeing him.

well I will admit there is lust involved and it isn't like he is that hot... but it does cross my mind.

he knows everything about me, even things I have never told anyone.
I know that's why. The thing is I emailed him today to let him know I made it back in town and I have checked my email 100 times to see if he replied even though I know he will not.
it's driving me crazy.

It's got a professional terminology(don't THEY always have a word for what's going on with us!)

Tranference of emotions.
It is VERY common.Pdocs And Tdocs ,take classes ,on how to manage this issue.
It's hard on the patient,because we have bared more of our true selves to this one person...they know us and often understand us,better than we do our selves.
I discussed this with my Pdoc(as I was starting to have these feelings for him).We spent a couple sessions talking about it..and eventually ,I resolved my feelings...going from obsesive(lustful sometimes)to understanding,he was a man I could be emotionally intamate with,and yet not be physical with.
I had issues of skipping the emotional part ina relationship,and going right to the physical....we're still working on those.
I would suggest ,bringing up how you feel,it's not going to be a shock or even anything new to your Tdoc...it's actually a natural progression of your therapy..it's a GOOD sign...you are making progress!

oh god I could not tell him.
I don't share my feelings. I don't get attached! I don't ever get emotionally attached.
I just don't
how could I ever tell him?

I see mine twice a week right now and I feel like that is my target time to release a lot of the crap I carry and work throught my issues. I feel like I dont have to use my husband for that any more or my caseworker who really isnt the best person for that any ways. Its like this extention of me and my way to find positive solutions to problems and work on old problems to stop them from poluting my life more

AH but sweetie ,you ARE attached,you are involved...and that's what is so scary....he will not reject you...he is there to ease you into feeling more comfortable with your self.If you can't tell him.Maybe writ a note.DO NOT make it a love letter..just out line you are having these feelings,and are unsure how to deal with them.Let him you understand ,they are part of the recovery process,you just need help ,resolving them.
Good luck

Good advice dancing... You'll be fine shen, it's so normal. I too loved my therapist and it was a lady... go figure. She was just so good to me, almost like a Mother figure. It's hard not to allow the tranference to take place but it happens. Your not alone in this one hon!

I don't understand the purpose of telling him? They know patients "fall in love" w/their therapists. What is there to say?

well that's good because I could not tell him.
I am reading about transferance online now.
I don't even want to go there tomorrow thinking that he might know how I feel.

I agree with dance... if you dont feel comfortable telling him JUSt HOW deep the feeling is, I would let them know in a casual way at least or say you dont want it to affect your therapy but that your getting rather attached to your therapy time. Maybe even start by focusing on the TIME part of it that you spend with him I am sure it will trigger in his mind the transferance that dance is talking about and open the door for positive conversation.

Its hard for those of us that have never had a true positive relationship where we share our feelings with a person for it not to become very personal to us. they understand that