Wow. I’d be really angry. Is it worth it to you to research this independently? Like look up the rules that her licensing body has about this?

It seems very specious for a number of reasons including that your legal residence is in the same state, that rules about tele-everything have relaxed considerably across the board since the pandemic and that online therapy platforms (like talkspace eg) connect clients with therapists regardless of geographic boundaries. And there are all those social media savvy therapists who basically advertise to everyone, everywhere.

The other question is, let’s say you find out that she’s totally wrong, how will that land? Will she be like, “omg thank for taking the time to do my job as conscientiously as I should have, thank goodness we can keep seeing each other!”