Hi gang!

When I started with T, she wouldn't tell me anything at all about herself, not even that she was married.

The theory goes that T needs to be a blank slate, so she can assume whatever role I cast her in. Knowing that she was married might make it more difficult for me to see her as a lover, for instance.

Over the years, she has disclosed bits and pieces, and in some ways I know her quite well.

Does this impair her usefulness as a therapist? Of course not!

So why make such a secret of herself? Does the blank slate really matter?