I immediately wondered about this when I read your original post, MKAC.

Actually, my T and I were talking about something similar recently. I generally read people really well, and it's no doubt a result of feeling the need to always gauge everyone's moods, etc. to protect myself when I was a kid. So, a few weeks ago in T, we sat down at the beginning and I immediately sensed that something was "off" about T, and I said as much. She denied it, and then proceeded to want to have a long conversation about me and my "stuff" and why I couldn't just say what I wanted/needed without having to figure out where she was at. She actually seemed a little irritated to me, and I ended up getting irritated with her because I felt like she just kept putting it back on me. I know my therapy is about me, but can't I just be right sometimes?

She was right, of course. Therapy is about me, not her. And she was right about how my history likely caused that tendency, and right that I need to work on it.

Still, it gave me a bit of statisfaction (but also a bit more anger) to have her say at the end of the session that I was basically right and to explain a bit about her state of mind. (She was running late and had X, Y, and Z going on and was worried about getting there on time, etc., etc., etc.) I mean, why couldn't she just say so???

I know why it worries me, but I wonder--since you started the thread--what you think about why you worry about T's emotions. Does it have to do with the type of relationship you feel you have or should have? Something else?