almedafan, I am so totally proud of you!!! You were very direct and asked the important questions. Was T kind of blown away by all this? I think he must have been delighted. It makes it easier to work with clients if they are direct and say what is on their mind and ask the questions that are begging to be asked. I bet he sees your therapy as moving forward in a huge jump.

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As for the attachment, I managed to say that it appears that he is uncomfortable at some of what I say and he changes the subject. He said that he is in no way uncomfortable and he loves that I am saying and doing what I am because it shows that I am working on all of this in between sessions.... I asked him if my attachment scared him and he said no and kind of laughed in a good way

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This is amazing you asked this! Great reply from T.

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I also told him that I felt some inconsistency in his analysis as to whether or not I'm getting better. One week, he thinks I am getting better and then next not so much.

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Bravo for asking this! [/clap-clap-clap]

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I felt like he finally cared and then it was taken away. He said "you don't think I care about you"...and I said "no, I don't think anyone does really..."

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What a significant interchange! That's engaging in the transference, girl!

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He said that 2x per week is kind of for patients who are contemplating suicide...

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That's really interesting to me, because I have my session today and am thinking (again) of broaching the topic of having 2 sessions per week. But maybe it is a common thing that T's don't do it unless you are suicidal. Last time I broached this a few weeks ago, I was not direct enough and he didn't get my hint. I need to change my appointment time for next week so I was thinking when I did that at the end of our session today, I would casually inquire if I could have 2 sessions next week, just for that one week (because I have time off and want to make more rapid progress). Anyway, thanks for that bit of info on the suicide thing.