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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal
I suppose that was my problem. She always for most of the 10 years I saw her INSISTED that she brought her "whole self" to sessions and I guess I misinterpreted that. She brought her "whole best-behaved therapist persona self". She ought to have distinguished that! I am curious now about how does one have a "real relationship" with a persona? Wish I'd thought to ask her that question before we ended.
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Honestly Artie, I don't think you misinterpreted. I think she purposely, if not necessarily maliciously, misled you. When she made the *****y comment about how you don't really know her, she had stepped out of her professional persona to lash out at you. For some reason, she felt peeved that you took her at her word. Jmo.
ETA - my first comment assumed that the therapist hasn't literally told you otherwise.