Ewwwwww, ok I'm not sure if I should share this or not but here goes.
On my birthday my T gave me a gift, now that made me furious but I never showed my anger to her and I didn't tell her it made me mad.

One day in session I totally freaked out and she got up and came over to me and pulled a stool close to my chair and put her hand on my shoulder and kid of rubbed it and kept saying shhhhhhh...

I am latching onto her comforting me with both hands because I never got comforting or validation as a child/teen/adult and right now she is on a weeks vacation and it's making it really tough for me. My inner child is screaming for her and I am not doing well with her gone.

My adult self knows I should find a different T but I am on disability and she charges me $25 a session so I can afford that but my adult self is concerned about what the outcome of all this will be and yet my inner child is screaming I can't leave her.

I've seen her interact with other clients and she acts the same way with them so she is being who she is. Bree