NO, not ever an authority figure... that would make me run.

I see the T. as an assistant ...
she is assisting me--
kind of like she's reading the map while I'm driving the car.
I can stop when I want, turn left, right or all the way around if I prefer, I can go fast, go slower--
I'm in the driver's seat-- she is helping by reading the map...

I am the one that decides where we are going-- I like that.

too much trauma/abuse from "authority" figures when a wee little one-- father, mother, older siblings, member of family in the police force abusing me.....

it works best for some of us to just have a "companion" in healing.

but-- whatever works for each person is what matters.

fins