That sounds kind of strange to me, SweetLove. I thought your friend was going to give her perspective on you and how you and she related to each other outside of session. I didn't realize she was going to try to give your T pointers on how to do therapy! Weird!! Your T sounds like he was very professional and patient with your friend. I'm sorry it didn't go the way you wanted, but I bet your T got some information that may not have been intentional, like seeing the way you and your friend interact. The first time I brought my XH to therapy with me, my T said to me afterwards, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Now he understood so much better what I had been trying to tell him. Your T may have gotten some of the same type of information.

Since you thought bringing your friend would be a good idea, in that your T would have a better idea of how you are, does that mean you think your T doesn't know all about you that he needs to know? If so, could you work on communicating better (differently?) with your T so that you yourself can tell him what you think he needs to know?