Just wondering, is it really that your therapist doesn't get you? Or is it that he's not doing what you want, which upsets you?

He may very well understand you, and his understanding of you might be why he is trying to redirect your attention to the outside world and not allowing you to hyperfocus on the therapy. Seems to me a lot of people get 'therapy brain' and their lives become about therapy and not actually living. I can see why a therapist would want to nip that in the bud.