Why does Chase Hopkins not recognize Dr. Kate Collins?

He mistakes her for a past one-night stand and has forgotten their marriage.

Why does Kate hide her identity from Chase?

She feels guilty over a perceived betrayal and wants to guide his recovery.

Dr.Wifey Please Touch Me

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Dr.Wifey Please Touch Me — Chase Hopkins undergoes therapy for a paralyzing fear of women without realizing his doctor is the wife he divorced.

Chase Hopkins seeks treatment for gynophobia, a condition that makes contact with women unbearable. His assigned therapist, Dr. Kate Collins, is secretly the spouse he left after concluding she had betrayed him. Chase fails to recognize her, dismissing her instead as a forgotten one-night encounter. Kate maintains the deception out of guilt, steering his recovery while suppressing her own history. As sessions progress and his fear recedes, professional distance erodes into a fragile closeness that depends entirely on his continued ignorance.

Quick answers

Why does Chase Hopkins not recognize Dr. Kate Collins?: He mistakes her for a past one-night stand and has forgotten their marriage.
Why does Kate hide her identity from Chase?: She feels guilty over a perceived betrayal and wants to guide his recovery.