I had similar situations with therapeutic ruptures that never got resolved. My ex T would not take responsibility. We could never agree on what the problem was. I continued to see him. I think that we both silently agreed after awhile to never discuss the issues leading to the ruptures. Trust was shattered and we lost a lot of ground. I am not sure that it was either good or bad that I continued therapy with him. I think that it taught me that not everything can be worked through.

Ruptures do get resolved and can even help the process. Just know that it doesn't always turn out that way.

I think that your T is being harsh and is saying that after all he has done for you by reducing his fee that you are not seeing the sacrifices that he has made on your behalf and how dare you question him. I think that he was not very skillful in getting his point across. You have the right to express that there is something wrong in your therapy even if he is reducing the fee. One thing really has little to do with the other because he agreed to the fee. Perhaps you can tell him just that.