I too have been thinking about this in therapy, and I have come to the conclusion (perhaps wrongly of course) that this might be a manifestation of assuming that your own happiness and value depends on others liking you.

It might be debatable if someone's like and approval is worthwhile if you cannot be true to yourself to obtain it.

With T you are free to have a relationship that would be difficult for you in real life. Your T may like you or may not, it does not much matter if you can discuss the reasons why you may crave approval from people even at the cost of not being yourself.