I wonder if she realizes she is doing it? Maybe I'm just in brain-malfunction mode right now, but I can't think of a really good reason to "poke and run" as a therapist. It's my job to tolerate the discomfort of something, to show my clients that it is ok to do the same. If I jab and dodge, what am I teaching???

I've accidently stuck my foot in my mouth, or tripped over an issue at the very end of a session. But I've always (I think) acknowledged it and make a statement about us addressing it in further detail at next session.

I do hope your session goes well. I'm finding that I'm feeling a little, um, irritated, that T did it this way? Poke and run... Geez!