No, I definitely wouldn't consider what happens in my therapy to be re-parenting. Quite the opposite in fact. For one thing although I was raised in an alcoholic household (my father), in a lot of ways he was a very good dad as was my mom. So I don't need a substitute or replacement per se, even temporarily.

What I need is to build my emotional INDEPENDENCE from them. I am a people pleaser and over reliant on other people's perspective for my value. So my therapist and I are actually working on me focusing on developing more of my own identity, setting boundaries and the like. I see her as more of a mentor than parent figure (especially because she's only 5 years older than me and we are at very similar stages in life.)