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It was_early_in my career, and I had been seeing Mary, a shy, lonely, and physically collapsed young woman, for about three months in weekly psychotherapy, dealing with the_ravages of her terrible history of early abuse._One day I opened the door_to my waiting room and saw_her_standing there provocatively, dressed in a miniskirt,_her hair dyed flaming red,_with a cup of coffee in one hand and a snarl on her face. __ou must be Dr. van der Kolk,_ she said. __y name is Jane, and I came to warn you not to believe any the lies that Mary has been telling you. Can I come in and tell you about her?_ I was stunned but fortunately kept myself from confronting __ane_ and instead heard her out. Over the course of our session I met not only Jane but also a hurt little girl and an angry male adolescent. That was the beginning of a long and productive treatment.