Oh my, I understand better.

For me though, my therapist does not make me forget who I am but helps me remember. She is like a muse to me at times.

She honors my experience and my emotions.

Now, she may not always see me perfectly, as we are both imperfect, but she listens when I clarify and she is there solely in service of my health and happiness, though I am sure she would admit to caring a lot about my daughter too.

And her motto with me, from the start, has been exactly the opposite of the message you've received too often: "You will never be too much for me" she has said, over and over, in many ways, until I now (mostly) believe it.