Yes, I understand this. I was only partly consciously wandering down a bad pathway early in therapy when my T suddenly said, very firmly, "Stop that!". I had to stop just to figure out what I had been doing; it was like I saw my T in front of me, daggers out, barring my path further down She got me! From then on (the next 25 years :-) I used that incident to help me work with her, knowing she could get it if I'd help and work with her.