question... do you mean it felt like the therapist was keeping her distance, seemed cold/ cold hearted or things like not touching you, not being supportive, not giving hugs, keeping her physical distance in location in the room from you, when talking with you the therapist seemed off base, stand offish, kind of not participating with you?

if so this form of "distancing" is not "dissociating" here where I live and work in NY USA.

Question....do you mean you were doing all the things I stated above?

if so this form of distancing is not "dissociating" here where I live and work in NY USA.

Question...Do you mean you felt kind of numb, foggy headed, and far away from your therapist mentally, kind of like a person feels after a night out drinking and is hung over the next day. like you are moving in slow motion, or you felt like you were not real or you felt your therapist and the room in which you were in had an unreal quality to them..

then yes these things are dissociation here where I live and work in NY USA.

yes dissociation can happen with out having a dissociative disorder. dissociation is one of those things have happens on a normal scale and on abnormal scales.

a person without a dissociative disorder can feel dissociated just by drinking alcohol, doing drugs, not getting enough sleep, not eating the way they should, not getting enough fluids, stress, anxiety, driving/ riding in a vehicle and even taking over the counter and prescription medications can cause normal dissociation,