It sounds to me like the purpose is to get the person to experience the troublesome emotions by riling up the client and then help them deal with the emotions. It sounds like a hard type of therapy to do because the T must get you riled up and let you know that you are in a safe environment. I couldn't deal with that form of therapy. I would certainly want to see if it was helping me or not. I can usually see a sign outside of sessions that the sessions have a nice effect. How long have you been at this? I would definately have a talk with my T if I found that I wasn't feeling validated. I do find that my T has made me annoyed because she tells me to stop worrying about stuff like I'm a freaken child. But, strangely, I actually stop worrying about that subject for a few weeks. So, maybe I need to be treated like a child sometimes. So, it may be that you need this or perhaps your T is clear on how to do this therapy or maybe you are not ready for that level of confrontation.