My therapist is an INFP. Despite it being very important to her to preserve the dynamic of "therapist/client", she has managed to get across who she is, music she likes and even brief stories about her own life and her own mental health, without being an actual "friend friend".
She's grown up now, but you can see the earnestness underneath.
And she is genuinely interested in my fictional characters. She gets upset and empathises with them when I tell her about any bad (fictional) experiences they may have had! "Oh, poor, such and such." Almost like she would for a real person.
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My therapist is an INFP. Despite it being very important to her to preserve the dynamic of "therapist/client", she has managed to get across who she is, music she likes and even brief stories about her own life and her own mental health, without being an actual "friend friend".
She's grown up now, but you can see the earnestness underneath.
And she is genuinely interested in my fictional characters. She gets upset and empathises with them when I tell her about any bad (fictional) experiences they may have had! "Oh, poor, such and such." Almost like she would for a real person.