If your T has asked you to journal --whether a food diary or a traditional journal, has your T asked to see it or do you read it to T?

I was really surprised this week, after keeping a detailed food journal as requested, that T did something unexpected. In the past I've done one or two food journals for other T's and they always read it.

I did let my CBT T know in advance that I find this kind of food diary painful and embarrassing. When I brought it in, I asked, "You aren't going to read it out loud, right?"

He surprised me by saying "Why don't you tell me what you wrote, what you noticed this week." I kept trying to give him the notebook and he wouldn't take it.

Maybe he is trying to maintain my trust? This is a first for me--a T who doesn't scrutinize my food diary.