My T is often very pushy. No, it's not easy, but if he just agrees with me all the time when my thinking is truly not clear, then I don't learn anything. I guess for me the trust building is I trust my T to be completely straightforward and honest with me, even when I don't really want to hear it.

Yesterday he pushed -- HARD -- about this depression I've slipped into. I was unwilling to see where it is coming from. He could have left me to continue to suppress my thinking and talked about something else or told me I was right, there is no reason for me to feel this way. But he knew that wasn't the reality and pushed me to look at what was really going on. It wasn't fun. It was incredibly anxiety making, but today I DO have a clearer idea of what is happening to me.