They weren't boiler plate words. But not personal words, either. That's the thing, MCL, and is just what I told her the next time i saw her. One on one, people use certain kinds of emphasis, certain expressoin, to show enthusiam and interest; but when the intensity is plainly there, the verbal expression & body language are those used to show personal interest & enthusiasm, and the words are not personal, it comes across very strangely.
To me, that is.
oh well. I believe she meant well, and was trying to be positive and constructive. I can at least take her words as meaning that I am holding up my end of the therapy; and that's very important to me, I'm trying hard to do that.