Finally this thing ends, anyway i hope the guy gets imprisoned, it seems to be going in that direction, i don't consider this a happy ending if it is left out to speculation if justice was served or not, over all can't say i liked nor enjoyed this, it was really frustrating, and i find myself glad that it just ended and it didn't wasted time showing what happened with everyone else.
@Mojokex indeed, it is good practice to have a mental health professional on the session specially for such a delicate thing, but the detailed questions about her experience was out of place, even within a normal therapy session, that question is not something that should be asked without a concise therapy plan, let alone in such casual manner, and she was not in a therapy session, that's not something to ask and then improvise on the go how to deal with it, the professional has to be prepared to know how to dealt with their client, that means they must know their client, and their psychological demands and needs, is not something to go asking about on a first meeting.
Plus her answer can't be crosschecked with that of the other victims nor with the assailant, not everyone will say the same thing because only she knows how she felt at the moment, that's not the business of the police to inquire about, her experience is her own, it adds nothing to the investigation and puts her at risk of relapse, which is the very thing the mental health professional is there to avoid happening, so that the questioning can continue with as little obstacles as possible, also for the safety of the victim/witness of course, but mostly to facilitate the investigation.
The other questions were more normal and useful, things that could be way more useful instead are, asking about how and when she was beaten which has the wife as a witness, the nurse and doctor that attended her, and the registry of the days she took in absence while she was on recovery at her job, plus the testimony of the culprit himself who is confessing, and the staff of the hotel who had to clean the mess, the fact that she was blackmailed and how 2 students knew and the wife too, as well as asking about meeting places like motels, you know things that can be checked and be used in court, but how she felt while she was raped doesn't helps that process at all, that's something that she has to discuss in another space.
It is forced, the author ran out of chapters and never got her talking about it, so she put it in here, but a police interrogation is not a counseling session, that's not a close up question to an interrogation, is not a matter of asking "how did you felt back then? how do you feel now? is that so? ok thanks, have a good day, next one please!" the police are crude, yes, but asking the pertinent questions about the case is plenty enough for them to reefer her to have some proper counseling which is something that is not part of their job, matter of fact they can use the things obtained on the counseling session as evidence if the police themselves or a court (usually only a court) are the ones sending her to get counseling because is part of the investigation, and is in there with the proper tools that she can and should cover that part.
Even the last question was oddly out of place, they should have asked about how she felt now after talking about it not to give her a moment of catharsis, but in order to check if she needs additional help or assistance, to see if after reliving her experience she has put herself mentally at risk, but instead they asked about how she felt now over all in her life in comparison to back them...
