p.s. Just this Tuesday we got into a disagreement during our session about session times--we'd discussed this a few weeks ago and there were some lingering things neither of us had expressed. She did get frustrated with me (one of the only other times) and I asked just once "Are you angry?" and she said no. By the end of the session, and more important ever since I left her office 2 days ago, I've neither worried about her being angry at me or that she would abandon me. This is HUGE progress for me, coming 6 or so months after she said that she wouldn't answer these questions. She does sometimes remind me that she's still here and that she's not going anywhere, but she offers this on her own when she sees that I'm struggling instead of in response to such questions.