I can tell that there is irritation but honestly it sounds like a positive thing overall. She is saying that you matter. If that happened because you pissed her off, well….?

Saying that it is only a job is something that they probably have heard before. It seems a pretty normal thing for a client to say and wonder about. Getting irritated probably proves she is being genuine about what she said. That's how it reads anyway.

I've challenged my therapist in a way parallel--that he has had things work out and doesn't know what it feels like and can just go home to a nice comfortable life. He doesn't show irritation but sometimes does self-disclose about a difficult passage he went through, not in depth, but to remind me that it is all perfect and wonderful.