"I feel safe making those explorations in his office, but I'm not ready to do it alone. Yes--in the office; absolutely. If he's generally been attuned to you, I doubt he will abandon you in this part of the process. And you can always phrase your thoughts as questions to kind of force him to respond as much as you need. This really isn't an exploration that's possible to do on your own."

FKM - (I haven't mastered the art of quoting replies). You sound like my therapist! He repeatedly tries to remind me that he is there week after week despite my fears that he will not be. Even at this last session there was quite a bit of that. And when I've made noises about trying to figure some things out on my own, he's also said, 'You can't do it on your own.' Definitely some abandonment/trust issues here.