Hi Dreamy,

Thanks for your reply.

It has been helpful to hear that someone else has experienced this, although I'm sorry that you did.

With regards to the part of your reply that I've quoted above, I've heard that some Ts do that for the reasons you've given, but in this case, my T reacted with such raw emotion that I think (and I could be wrong) this was just him reacting to me in the way he would react to anyone he knows, client or not.

I also agree with what you've said about being different in the TR to how we are in RL. And yes, therapy is supposed to be a safe place, which it was with him, for a long time. But somewhere along the line, it was damaged and impacted negatively in a variety of ways, ending in my decision to terminate, which I really didn't want to do.

Thanks again,
Bluey