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To the Editor:

Re “Losing a Therapist,” by Ellen Barry (Science Times, Aug. 5):

I felt incredible relief when reading Ms. Barry’s article; an all-too-often taboo subject made it into The New York Times.

As someone who has lost three analysts to death, I know firsthand the isolation and unfathomable grief that comes from losing the person who knows you best of all, but who has nevertheless remained a stranger in the “real world” you inhabit.