very interesting, thanks for sharing that with us.

I love this paragraph

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."

IT really shows her inner workings... the cogs are turning and she's trying to see between the lines in what you're saying and work out what you need so she can give it to you. She's preventing herself from being reactive and trying to empathise instead.

You have a great therapist.