I am so sorry, DP... have been trying to think of something helpful to say since you posted this thread. I am not sure I have anything useful really, but I do have this very definitive observation and experience. Therapy relationships resemble normal, ordinary human interpersonal relations very very little, IMO. This is not what the profession usually explicitly reveals to clients, but it is the reality, IMO, no matter how I look at it. Having spent a few years on PC and also learning about therapy in my 3D world more, I personally would not be surprised if any therapist did what yours just did. Not even the most idealized, apparently most highly-regarded ones. It is a business transaction after all, and I would be surprised if any provider (T) sacrificed their own primary needs and career strategies over client needs in major ways. Honestly, I would not do that either, in my own professional bubble. I am not a T but am responsible for teams and many people's progress in my own little "empire". Still, I would always prioritize my own needs and adjust the rest "strategically" to hopefully minimize destruction and maximize my gain.

Please don't make the conclusion, again, that human beings cannot be trusted. Therapy was never meant to be a personal, close and intimate relationship, only something that apparently mimics those relationships in obscure ways. There are many many well-meaning, trustable, reliable, good human beings out there. Again, I am very sorry - if nothing else, the T should not have timed this to match the end-of-year holidays!