[QUOTE=Velvet Cactus;! But he wants it both ways-he told me he appreciated (and needed) my positive feedback! [/QUOTE]

i would interpret positive feedback differently from empathising with a therapist. Positive feedback, for me, would be telling the therapist what was working between us or what they were doing that I found useful. That is not my understanding of empathy. For the record, mine would be even more shocked if I said something positive about the therapy Or her input.