I can honestly say I don't know enough about my T personally to apply the term "role model" to her. I know I admire some of the skills she puts forth during session, her patience, her focus and her good hugs. I have no idea what her overall personality might be outside of sessions. (Though I did see her out in pubic once and she appeared to be looking impatient and irritated with someone over the phone. I only noticed because I was amused to see a side I hadn't seen before.)

That opinion might be more about my perspective on the concept of "role models" in general. I find the concept kind of tricky. Plenty of people we might label as "role models" for good reasons can fall short when we try to label at them as a whole. Everyone is human and has failures. If we respect someone for their talents, skills, and certain personality traits we should recognize them for that and be able accept that other areas of their personality might disappoint us or be disagreeable.

That's life and it's okay.