Hey pinksoil!

Damn what a session. But I'm going to maintain my stance that you have a really good therapist. And I think he was intentionally letting you keep going with the whole anger thing by not giving you what you needed. I doubt you've lost anything there. I think you've just put more on the table! I've never managed to flip out at my therapist. I don't know what it would feel like. If I get angry, I'll turn the anger on myself. He probably wants to see how intense you can get. Don't give up on him. You might not get striking statements every time you're there, but I think that might be an unrealistic expectation. When you do it'll be worth it.

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i read something once about how the moments in therapy that are striking to the therapist are often quite different from the moments in therapy that are striking to the client. the therapist tends to think the most significant moments are when they make some insight they are all proud of. the client tends to think the most significant moment is when they got some sense of emotional connection. sometimes therapists don't know precisely what they do that we get so much out of...

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Love this though I've gotten confused on whose quote this is in this conversation. Once, in my journal, I tried to write down all the statements that really stuck in my head after session, the stuff that left me with really intense feelings. And it was the most random crap. Like his once saying "that might be a difficult hurdle" stayed in my head for hours and left me with really intense feelings towards him. And it's not like that was any kind of insight, just a comment on something I was worried about. Guess it was one of those connection moments....

Curious if getting all the anger out there is cathartic at all?

Sidony