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		germinalphrase on May 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf] This is bassakwards. A therapist isn’t supposed to be - let alone pretend to be - your friend at all.

glowingly on May 11, 2022 [–]

No parasocial experience really is. However, intent of the therapist may not be fully acknowledged by the patients.

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