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Guaranteed Human.

One of the other things he did in that first date that was odd,

as he said to me, I'd been researching widows.

And my thought was, oh, he saw that about my profile.

He's been going out to understand my particular issues.

Now, looking back, I think it means something else, but I didn't know that at the time.

I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most, and the deceptions that change everything.

Carrie McAvoy is a clinical psychologist based in Michigan.

I saw clients in private practice for nearly 20 years.

What was exciting about working with clients was that I could see really dramatic shifts

in a relatively short time when there was a lot of motivation and effort.

And to me, it felt like a sacred privilege to work with them.

Even though she studies human behavior for a living, she found herself caught in a web of lies and manipulation.

Everyone somehow assumes a psychologist are like above human, superhuman.

We should know we should be excellent reads of people.

Yeah, I'm good reads of people.

But when it comes to myself, I'm not always so good because then my personal perceptions get involved.

Anyone can fall for something like this. You just haven't met the sophisticated enough predator.

And when Carrie was at her most vulnerable, she met a predator who would derail her own life.

Carrie grew up on a dairy farm in Michigan.

I think it had an active herd of 60 cows, and we were expected to be a part of the milking process.

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