This is very nicely put. The vignette reminds me of the toy examples I used to read in epistemology and logic textbooks--it's a very reductive story, all nuances flattened out, intended only to serve one very specific purpose. I'd be very disturbed if every case example looked like this, but that hasn't been my experience reading literature intended for professionals.

In any case, I actually can summon up some concern for the counselor in this vignette. I understand if others don't agree--this is just me--but overturning office furniture on the way out sounds borderline abusive, and it seems awfully unfair to say that Dr. Berman should just put up with it until...when? Jessica just decides to stop coming? If this were Dr. Elderly Lady with 300-pound Linebacker Client overturning furniture, would we feel differently about the right of the therapist to unilaterally terminate (with referral)?

At least, I'd feel pretty bad for my therapist if I walked in one day and found him setting his chairs upright again, and I'd wonder how effectively he could treat me if he left the session before me feeling so helpless and incompetent.