In my experience, whenever a T adamantly claimed that they always would or would never do something for my benefit did not lead to much good. Claiming extreme/pure methods and acts with such certainty is more often a defensive reaction than anything else, IMO. It's similar to a T saying they will never abandon the client, or will always keep the same kind of boundaries, I think. Not very mature and raises red flags more than any other effect, on me at least. If nothing else, it just makes therapy an even more unnatural construct and experience.

If we said that only what the client directly says to the T is supposed to be considered, then maybe we could even claim that considering unintended, non-verbal communication signs is wrong as well?