Well, she shares tidbits here and there about herself as they relate to whatever we are talking about, that make me think I know her, and she's always saying how she brings her "whole self" into sessions, but then there's other times when I realize I don't know her really at all... like the time when I told her that she was being very kind to me with regard to a flurry of emails and she said "I'm not kind." That gave me pause. And there are times when her professional mask has slipped and I've gotten a glimpse of someone who is quite different from who I see in my sessions. It's interesting. Like Salmon I don't think she's a stranger, either. I think that well, it's really not unlike how different people know me in different ways - like when I'm at work, or when I'm with my family of origin, whatever. Certain places I wear a mask too. Anyway. Interesting to think about.