You did nothing wrong. You were the victim of bad professional practice. Any experienced, trained and licensed professional therapist should know not to give gifts and to keep the physical touch to a minimum and only approach at the request of the client.
Was she even a licensed therapist? Does she have supervision? I'm asking because everything you described her illustrates a therapist who has not read the ethics manual, or just chooses to ignore it. I'm surprise she even has a license. This Therapist seems completely untrained to monitor her own counter-transference or understand the impact of her own behavior.
SO yes, find a new one. Make sure they have extensive training. That they know what counter-transference is and knows how to handle it.
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