if they want to know how you feel about a certain situation and you wont tell them, they say certain things to get you to break down into an emotional mess and they get aaaallll the info they need from that! They don't do it just for kicks - its what they are trained to do and that is how the therapy works. They then use that information to help you deal with whatever it is you are dealing with.

If you read psychotherapy casebooks (I had somewhat of an addiction to these in university, lol, not sure why) they are FULL to the brim with these "mysterious" methods. They explain them in detail and they do make a lot of sense. But the idea I get out of it is if the client knows in advance, they lose their effectiveness. You can't give the game plan away or else the client can put a defense up and then the gameplan is useless.