I'd imagine that you're feeling dissatisfied because you didn't really address the issue when you emailed him.

He brought his stuff into your session. Sure, it was used in an analogy, but it was a very strong example that could provoke a lot in a client and steer things off course.

I remember being really angry with my T about something he said to me on my way out of a session....a really hurtful thing that I later learned he said out of frustration with me and with the hopes that it would make an impact on me....and I was all gung-ho about addressing it with him head-on during my next session.

When we were saying "hello", I asked him how he was doing...and he said "okay"....I could sense something was wrong, and I then learned that his dog was struck and killed by a car the night before.

That threw me off kilter, for sure.....we addressed that somewhat, but then I did go back to what I was originally intending to address....and afterwards, I felt awful because of the circumstances....UGH.