The testimony was odd from several angles. The Counselor testified that she was there for "support" and not to "investigate" or "question" the "patient." In other words, the patient is allowed to lead the medical person down the merry path because the medical person is willing to be led there; indeed, feels an obligation to be led there. Aside from a "worst practice" from a diagnostic standpoint, this presents an open field for the average psychopath or sociopath.
And here again is that manipulative side of Jane Doe. She calls the attorneys in Atlanta, then goes on a investigative mission to invade JJ's privacy to discover -- and apparently she couldn't -- a history of JJ's "escapades." She then talks to the Counselor, and "discovers" that he's "done this many times," -- aha!, she is vindicated -- and now becomes not just a martyr, but wholly justified in the way that often transforms moral crusades into old fashioned lynchings: she's doing it for others, to protect others, and what she does therefore becomes self-justifying, even if it did not actually happen to her.
He becomes the "monster" who has done this repeatedly. Her crying is no longer a genuine emotional response, if it ever was, it is a political statement of solidarity. It becomes, literally, a crusade. Indeed, what may not have happened at all to her, specifically, becomes the driving force of her emotional being, because it happened to others, and she becomes a self-appointed symbol of true justice for whom the lie, the moral shortcut, is entirely justified because of the higher moral good.
I've had the misfortune of dealing with sociopaths maybe twice, three times in my career. They are spooky creatures. They believe, entirely, the words coming out of their mouths, no matter how absurd. A Counselor like this one is purely an enabler and, rather than providing guidance and treatment, provides cover and justification, indeed, encouragement of exactly the wrong kind; assisting in the development of, rather than the treatment of, a pathology. In this case, becoming enmeshed in it: "my Counselor told me that ...", which suddenly lent authority and urgency to all of her public feelings. Here, especially problematic because she appears to have specifically made a public lie out of what her Counselor actually told her. Indeed, her Counselor being forced to publicly claim that Jane Doe lied.
Mainly, I am thinking of her behavior at the Forester's Ball, her now exposed lies about JJ's sexual history and how she was spreading that around, her lies to her loyal ex-boyfriend, Loy Bink, and her positive excitement when describing the fact that she had been "raped" and then is challenging her companion, sounding almost excited about it, to "guess who?" The text messages with the smiley faces; the "ton of bricks" and the "it's all good" texts.
This isn't a typical, "she said, he said" case. There's a lot more going on here, and very little of it has to do with JJ.
