I don't get why she doesn't turn the light off once she has seen it? You don't need to be staring at it for 15 minutes. It seems like 15 seconds should be long enough for your T to get the message that her next client is there.

I am glad you will talk more about it next time. I had a situation kind of similar to that with my T. He started leaving his laptop open next to him on the couch. It was very distracting to me because sometimes he would look over at it and I felt he wasn't listening to me or that I was boring him. We talked about that several times. Now when I come in his office, his laptop is on his desk on the other side of the room. Phew! Those conversations were hard, especially when we would speak about it once, and then he would do it again. It felt deliberate to me, but it wasn't. He was just forgetful. My being able to bring up the laptop problem with him was very big for me. I am trying to be more direct with people and here was a great chance to practice in therapy.

So hang in there on this subject with your T. It sounds like she is very willing to discuss it and she even suggested a solution, although you didn't like it. How about if you suggest that she turn off the light once it has gone on so you don't have to keep staring at it? Seems obvious, but sometimes they just don't think of these things.

To me, this just says you need further practice and training at direct communication. Things are seeping out as indirect communication, like not telling her the dream's end instead of talking directly and non-judgmentally to her about how you don't like the light. It's not a reason to be referred out. Just shows you have further work to do.