Sunrise,
Your last interpretation sounds the most likely. The LI technique sound interesting. But, it just doesn't sound like something that would match well with your Ts style. IDK, I guess it doesn't seem to match well with his approach to treating you.

IDK, I think I kind of do this too in my own area. You go to a professional conference. Hear something new. Think it really has potential and so you delve into it. You want to experiment and practice and test it out to see how it might fit into your overall practice philosophy. Often the people you test it out on are those whom it can benefit but also are those who can help you refine it. They are people who handle seeing not so sure of what you are doing.

I think the reason he mentioned this to you is BECAUSE of your relationship not because he want to fast track you discharge. I think it may be important to tell him how you feel about him and the LI technique. Maybe he needs to know..."hey, this technique seems to minimize what I think has been most help--the relationship."

I once had a colleague who was a fabulous lecturer.I used to love to just slide into the back of his classes and just listen to his stories, metaphors, etc. But lecturing is out of fashion these days. Considered traditional teaching, not collaborative enough, kids today don't learn well this way anymore, you need to get student active. This colleague had been teaching for 30 years and was driving himself nuts trying to learn how to use all these techno gadgets to upgrade his teaching.

One day while sitting in his office I said to him, "Why are you trying to change?" "Look at your student evals? Look at the things your students have gone on to accomplish, THEIR GETTING IT! Your a lecturer, you are REALLY good at it, your students are learning.

If this technique doesn't seem to fit with the therapuetic relationship you and your T have, maybe you need to tell him that.