My last therapist (I saw her for four months) assumed she was special to me but she really wasn't. At some point she even asked me whether I liked coming to therapy and I was like "meh whatever". At the end she yelled at me and said that I didn't trust her and she sounded hurt and I was like "yeah I'm done goodbye". It's clear she was needy AF. I think a lot of therapists assume they are special to their clients which is an incredibly arrogant and smug assumption. I also have never thanked a therapist. I pay them which is thank you enough.