YES, my T has had his own "agenda" a few times, and it's REALLY thrown me off. At the beginning of therapy, I hated the fact that I was in charge of the sessions, but now I've grown used to it, and the couple of times that I've gone in there ready to deal with what I need to deal with and T has derailed it, it was SO frustrating. It actually caused a pretty big rupture between us once. I told him that it's MY therapy and that I follow all of the rules of therapy, and that the rule for HIM is that I get to be in charge, and he broke the rule. I don't think he totally agreed, but we worked through it.

If he has an opening today, and you need it more than your son, go. It sounds like you have something you need to talk about, and like it might be hard to sit with it. Maybe the best thing for you AND your son is for Mom to go and get herself in a good place before the weekend?

Therapy is hard!