If one accepts the idea that shame can only be healed relationally, the question for me is whether a therapy relationship is a rational way to achieve this. Seems that only an authentic and mutual and spontaneous relationship can lead to real healing, and can such a thing be purchased?

I kinda thought I had a therapy relationship that held some potential for this, but it ended up compounding the shame, precisely because it was not authentic and not solid. It was a business relationship that could be terminated at any time for all sorts of reasons.