2.) Me: "I also think you avoid looking at my emails, so you don't have to respond to them."

Therapist: "I can only give you the facts. I can't make you believe them.

When I have time free I go do other things, which means I am not necessarily in the office when the phone rings. I check if there is a message. If there is, and the person requests a call-back, then I call back. If there is no message I do not know who has called.

As for your emails, I have not changed anything. I read them if I am online and have the time. I respond, again if I have the time and I think I have a response that would be helpful.

You said yesterday, that when Your kiddo engages in the same old behavior you experience it as a game he is playing with you. I know I could go to that same place with what is going on these last few days. Except: I know you are not playing a game. I know there is something far more profound going on. I know, in some way, you are looking for reassurance that you do have value and worth, that you are important to me. And, for some reason, right now, the more I offer that, the less able you are to accept it. I am trying to make sense of what is happening and somehow there's a piece of the puzzle missing."