</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
I want to win the lottery so I can pay full fee and then I'd feel ok about asking for the emotional attunement I want....

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">
First of all, withit, no professional, ethical therapist is going to deliberately give you "less" in session if you are paying a sliding scale fee. What you pay does not determine the therapy she gives you in session. If she agrees on a fee, then she will give you same services she gives anyone.

That said, it may still feel too much to you to ask for 2 things in the same session: reduced fee and more emotional attunement/warmth. How about dealing with the fee this session and the other issue at the next session? If she can't give you $75/session every week, maybe you could still pay $150/session every other week. The cost would be the same. It would be better than nothing, and it would help you keep the therapeutic relationship you've worked hard to develop.

As for the warmth, after two months, it seems odd it wouldn't have manifested itself by now if she is capable of it or wants to project that. Her model may be to present a more inaccessible, neutral facade. That is not for everyone.

Hope it goes well tomorrow.