Telling the OP to leave makes sense, but the dynamics created by a relationship like this make it almost impossible for her to do that. What the OP is dealing with is one of the most hideous things about therapy--an unskilled therapist creates a bond that the client can't break, even when it's harming her emotionally.
And so, options:
1) Re-focus on things that brought you to therapy so that you can build yourself up enough to move on--maybe to another therapist, maybe not, but at least consider other possibilities.
2) Wait for your therapist to terminate, and be totally traumatized.
3) Leave. I only put that here because it is possible, just not very likely considering the enmeshment.
From everything you've written, you're not at a point to just be able to walk away. I hope, though, that you can slow this down a little and find an exit that will lead you to find a healthy relationship outside of therapy.
I sure do wish you the best in this. It sounds absolutely horrendous and is not the way that healthy therapy should be.
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